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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. 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.
2. In the simile that the narrator uses when he describes holding Gin's breasts in his hands on page 234, to what does he compare her breasts?
(a) Cups.
(b) A garden.
(c) Water.
(d) Fruit.
3. 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 constantly imagines her there beside Gin.
(c) He sees her as a symbol of his own recklessness.
(d) He begins collecting newspaper articles about drownings.
4. What is the rhetorical purpose of the anaphora in the narrator's description of the Gold Coast residents having sex?
(a) It forms an ironic contrast with the story's opening.
(b) It stresses the similarities between the narrator and these strangers.
(c) It highlights the comic understatement of the narrator's response to the situation.
(d) It creates increasing tension as the list continues.
5. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Business suits.
(b) Cocktail attire.
(c) Monogrammed pajamas.
(d) Spa robes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the narrator say that Lake Michigan "became" the Pacific Ocean (235)?
2. What does the narrator speculate that the lightening across the water might be doing?
3. What does Gin tell the narrator she is afraid of when they are lying on the beach together?
4. In the story's opening, what details are related to the characters' social circumstances?
5. Who asks the narrator and Gin questions as they try to leave the beach?
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