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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 technique is used in the sentence "On my fingers your slick scent mixed with the coconut musk of the suntan lotion we’d repeatedly smeared over each other's bodies" (234) ?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Imagery.

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

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

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

5. What technique is used in the phrase "the forlorn, deflated Trojan" (238)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?

4. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?

5. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' social circumstances?

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