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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) The sheen of her hair.
(b) Her long eyelashes.
(c) Her perfect lips.
(d) How good her skin is.

2. 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.

3. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A child singing.
(b) A cat or baby crying.
(c) A snake hissing.
(d) A woman laughing.

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

5. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
(a) The door closing.
(b) He lover blowing him a kiss.
(c) His lover looking at him.
(d) His lover walking away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

2. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?

3. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

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

5. What colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?

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