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

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

3. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?
(a) Perry Katzek.
(b) Yehuda Amichai.
(c) Vincent Kowalski.
(d) Stuart Dybek.

4. 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?
(a) To imply that the narrator is not really attracted to Gin.
(b) To create a mood of disgust.
(c) To depict Gin's youth and vulnerability.
(d) To convey the narrator's ambiguous sexual orientation.

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?
(a) Water scarcity.
(b) Nuclear annihilation.
(c) Climate change.
(d) Global pandemic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?

2. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?

3. In the story's opening, what details are related to the passage of time?

4. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?

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

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