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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Imagination, soul.
(b) Mind, body.
(c) Dreams, reality.
(d) Heart, head.

2. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She is by my side for the time being."
(b) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(c) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(d) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."

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

4. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How lucky he is to have her.
(b) How long they have been together.
(c) How hard it is to break up with her.
(d) How much they have in common.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

4. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

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

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