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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) Imagery.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Personification.

2. What is the detail about how long the narrator has been carrying a condom in his pocket meant to convey?
(a) His responsible attitude.
(b) His relative experience compared to Gin.
(c) His blindness to Gin's feelings.
(d) His eagerness to have sex with Gin.

3. What is the rhetorical purpose of including the detail "the skinny rails of your legs" (235) when the narrator is talking about taking off Gin's bikini bottom?
(a) To imply that the narrator is not really attracted to Gin.
(b) To create a mood of disgust.
(c) To convey the narrator's ambiguous sexual orientation.
(d) To depict Gin's youth and vulnerability.

4. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?
(a) He imagines that every man he sees could be her killer.
(b) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.
(c) He constantly imagines her there beside Gin.
(d) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.

5. What does the narrator compare the dead woman's hair to?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Leaves.
(c) A horse's tail.
(d) A wig.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?

4. What happens after the night on the beach, when the narrator senses Gin growing distant while they are kissing?

5. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?

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