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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. While he is on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the couples in the high-rises around them are wearing?
(a) Spa robes.
(b) Monogrammed pajamas.
(c) Cocktail attire.
(d) Business suits.

6. What characteristic of the area around the beach is conveyed with its nickname, the "Gold Coast"?
(a) It is expensive.
(b) It is full of opportunity.
(c) It is similar to the Mediterranean.
(d) It is beautiful.

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

8. What repetition technique is used in the story's opening paragraph?
(a) Antanaclasis.
(b) Epizeuxis.
(c) Epistrophe.
(d) Anaphora.

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

10. 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) They argue constantly about trivial things.
(c) The narrator has begun to notice other girls in his neighborhood.
(d) Gin cries whenever the narrator tries to kiss her.

11. What mood do the diction and details included in the scene where the police leave their cars and enter the water create?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Factual.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Inflammatory.

12. 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 want to know if he is going to tell anyone what happened.
(b) She wants to tell him that she loves him.
(c) She wants to know if he needs an umbrella.
(d) She needs to get her blanket back from him.

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

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

15. What does Gin mean when she tells the narrator that she knows the dead woman?
(a) She dreams about the woman.
(b) The woman was not much older than Gin.
(c) The woman was from her neighborhood.
(d) The woman is a distant relative of Gin's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sense is the drowned woman also still constantly in the narrator's thoughts?

2. What does the narrator see on the street when he is leaving Gin's building on the night of the beach incident?

3. From the context of page 234, what "apocalypse" is the allusion to the Four Horsemen referring to?

4. 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)?

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

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