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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 know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will have an argument.
(b) They will end up in bed together.
(c) They will have a fancy dinner.
(d) She will stop talking to him.

2. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A child.
(b) A house.
(c) A bed.
(d) A garden.

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

4. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Sweet liquor.
(b) Dark chocolate.
(c) Warm soup.
(d) Decadent dessert.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?

3. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

4. 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?

5. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

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