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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "We Didn't".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence "On my fingers your slick scent mixed with the coconut musk of the suntan lotion we’d repeatedly smeared over each other's bodies" (234) ?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

2. After the narrator drops Gin off at her building on the night of the incident at the beach, why does she run back outside and call after him?
(a) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(b) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(c) She needs to get her blanket back from him.
(d) She want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.

3. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?
(a) Cups.
(b) Water.
(c) A garden.
(d) Fruit.

5. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Monogrammed pajamas.
(b) Business suits.
(c) Spa robes.
(d) Cocktail attire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?

2. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?

3. To what British author does the narrator ironically compare himself near the end of the story?

4. On page 234, which of the following terms does the narrator use to describe the sunset?

5. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?

(see the answer key)

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