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

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

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

4. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
(a) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(b) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.
(c) Gin is not comfortable being alone with the narrator.
(d) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.

5. On the night when he realizes that their relationship is over, what does the narrator realize he really wants from Gin?
(a) For her to get over the incident on the beach.
(b) For her to apologize to him.
(c) For her to stay away from him.
(d) For her to like him again.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare Gin's mother's rosary?

2. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?

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

4. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?

5. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

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