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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 light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?
(a) Dead fish.
(b) The condom.
(c) A dead body.
(d) Garbage.

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

3. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?
(a) The police officer with a beer belly.
(b) Curious onlookers.
(c) The ambulance attendant.
(d) The police officer with the crew cut.

4. What technique is evident in the phrase "feverish plucking and twanging, tom-toms, congas, and gongs" (235)?
(a) Double entendre.
(b) Euphony.
(c) Hyperbaton.
(d) Cacophony.

5. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Frantic.
(b) Factual.
(c) Inflammatory.
(d) Reverent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?

2. What kind of buildings are on the lovers' lane?

3. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?

4. What does Gin mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?

5. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?

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