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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. Which of the following is one of the places where the narrator and Gin go to try to resume their attempts at intimacy after the incident at the beach?
(a) The narrator's best friend's house.
(b) A party in the outer suburbs.
(c) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(d) Gin's grandmother's house.

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

3. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
(a) He was a priest who argued that premarital sex is not a mortal sin.
(b) He was a legendary lover.
(c) He was a groundbreaking psychiatrist.
(d) He was a poet who wrote about the nobility of faithfulness.

4. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?
(a) A scar.
(b) A bruise.
(c) Her cross.
(d) Her camisole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?

2. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?

3. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?

4. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?

5. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?

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