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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 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.

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A building.
(b) A car.
(c) A doctor's office.
(d) His lover.

3. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Twice a day.

4. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?
(a) Why did she have the light on when he came to bed some nights and off others.
(b) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.
(c) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.
(d) Why did she become so distant over time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?

2. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

4. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

5. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?

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