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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 kind of blanket does Gin bring to the beach?
(a) A picnic blanket.
(b) Her grandmother's quilt.
(c) An army blanket.
(d) A Navajo blanket.

2. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?
(a) Chasing the seagulls out of the sky.
(b) Making sea glass on Michigan beaches.
(c) Lighting up the paths of far-away freighters.
(d) Setting Indiana barns on fire.

3. 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) Fruit.
(b) A garden.
(c) Water.
(d) Cups.

4. To what does the narrator compare the other lovers on the beach?
(a) Abandoned mannequins.
(b) Sleeping dolls.
(c) Crash-test dummies.
(d) Fallen soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' youth?

2. What is the narrator's tone when he recalls, "I was trying to calm your terror with reassuring phrases such as 'Holy shit! I don’t fucking believe this!'” (236)?

3. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?

4. When the narrator unbuttons the second button on Gin's shirt, what does he see?

5. In the light from the squad cars and flashlights, what does the narrator see on the beach as the other couples are running away?

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