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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 1-2.
(b) 4 -8.
(c) 16 - 18.
(d) 8 or 9.

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) That his wife may find out.
(b) How weak he is.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) That he may never see her again.

3. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Make it seem meaningless.
(b) Kill it.
(c) Relive it.
(d) Drive himself crazy.

4. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Having a drink.
(b) Packing their things to go home.
(c) Making love.
(d) Taking a evening stroll.

5. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The pain.
(b) The joy.
(c) The regret.
(d) The peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?

2. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?

3. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

4. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

5. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

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