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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. 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) A garden.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Water.

2. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' youth?
(a) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(b) Light and darkness.
(c) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.
(d) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' social circumstances?
(a) Grass, leaves, and snow.
(b) The condition of the Rambler and the rosary.
(c) Light and darkness.
(d) Gin's bed and their parents' cars.

4. When the police examine the woman's body in the light of their flashlights, what does her nakedness and obvious pregnancy cause them to do?
(a) Remove their hats and bow their heads.
(b) Tell the narrator and Gin to move back.
(c) Look at Gin uncomfortably.
(d) Cross themselves and say a prayer.

5. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Antanaclasis.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

2. What is the rhetorical purpose of including the detail "the skinny rails of your legs" (235) when the narrator is talking about taking off Gin's bikini bottom?

3. 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) ?

4. What kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?

5. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?

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