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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He wants to wake as soon as she does.
(b) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(c) He wants to protect her from danger.
(d) He worries she might run out on him.

2. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
(a) Make him see the affair for what it was.
(b) Confuse him.
(c) Eat away at him.
(d) Nag at him.

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Drinking martinis.
(b) Having breakfast.
(c) Getting massages.
(d) Making love.

4. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He was not over his last relationship.
(b) He did not fully trust her.
(c) He was afraid of commitment.
(d) He knew the affair was going to be so short.

5. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Write his grocery list.
(b) Break down the cost of an affair.
(c) Negotiate a better salary.
(d) Do his annual household budget.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

2. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

3. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

4. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

5. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

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