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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 buildings are on the lovers' lane?
(a) Abandoned factories.
(b) Bars and strip clubs.
(c) Giant warehouses.
(d) Run-down cottages.

2. Gin mentions her "nonna's cottage" (240). Whose cottage is this?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

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

4. What is the title of the poem used as an epigraph for this story?
(a) "Water."
(b) "We Did It."
(c) "In Darkness and in Light."
(d) "The Mirror."

5. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?
(a) He tries to tell her jokes to cheer her up.
(b) He tells her she is crazy.
(c) He kisses her harder.
(d) He pretends to feel the same way she does.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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