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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 20 -25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will wake up and kiss him.
(b) She will frown in her sleep.
(c) She will punch him.
(d) She will wake up and yell at him.

2. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $24.
(b) $50.
(c) $33.
(d) $6.

3. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said a diet would not hurt.
(b) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(c) He said she should do whatever she wants.
(d) He said her body was beautiful.

4. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?
(a) Lydia Davis.
(b) Leslie Daniels.
(c) Danielle Lyons.
(d) Lynn Donahue.

5. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The deep discussions.
(b) The disagreements.
(c) The touches and smiles.
(d) The misunderstandings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?

2. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

3. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

5. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

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