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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) Gin's grandmother's house.
(c) The balcony of the Clark Theater.
(d) A party in the outer suburbs.

2. What characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?
(a) It is similar to the Mediterranean.
(b) It is full of opportunity.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is expensive.

3. What detail on page 233 reveals that some time has passed since the events of the story took place?
(a) The characters visiting "Oak Street Beach."
(b) The "now defunct Clark Theater."
(c) The "lilac bushes in Marquette Park."
(d) Gin saying that she feels "like Doris Day" is watching her.

4. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Derisive.
(b) Wry.
(c) Effusive.
(d) Ghoulish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?

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

5. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?

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