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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Water.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Cups.
(d) A garden.

2. Which of the following techniques is used in the sentence "How adept we were at fumbling, how perfectly mistimed our timing, how utterly we confused energy with ecstasy" (233)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Antithesis.

3. What is the description of the condom springing from the narrator's fingers "like a spring from a clock" (235) meant to convey?
(a) The complex nature of growing up.
(b) The pressure of time passing.
(c) The comical setting of their first attempt at sex.
(d) The narrator's general clumsiness.

4. What is the first priority of the ambulance attendant when he arrives?
(a) To see if the baby is also deceased.
(b) To ask whether Gin and the narrator know the woman's name.
(c) To demand that the woman be covered up.
(d) To try to give the woman CPR.

5. Which detail of the narrator's description of their kisses indicates the passage of time?
(a) The lip gloss.
(b) The Cokes.
(c) The wind.
(d) The suntan lotion.

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

7. In Gin's dream about the beach, why has the narrator left her alone?
(a) He has gone to get some mustard.
(b) After they have sex, he loses interest in her.
(c) They have had a big fight.
(d) He is trying to help find a lost child.

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

9. After the narrator drops Gin off at her building on the night of the incident at the beach, why does she run back outside and call after him?
(a) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(b) She want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.
(c) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(d) She needs to get her blanket back from him.

10. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Allusion.

11. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?
(a) His underwear.
(b) Gin's blanket.
(c) Beach sand.
(d) A condom.

12. What technique is employed in the phrase "How adept we were at fumbling" (233)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Oxymoron.

13. What is the tone of the narrator's description of people in Gold Coast apartments having sex?
(a) Derisive.
(b) Ghoulish.
(c) Effusive.
(d) Wry.

14. Who is the author of "We Didn't"?
(a) Vincent Kowalski.
(b) Perry Katzek.
(c) Stuart Dybek.
(d) Yehuda Amichai.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the police examine the woman's body in the light of their flashlights, what does her nakedness and obvious pregnancy cause them to do?

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

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

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

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

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