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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 16 - 18.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 4 -8.

2. 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?
(a) Golden, gray, red.
(b) Light brown, red, gold.
(c) Dark brown, auburn, white.
(d) Black, plum, dark brown.

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

4. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) That he may never see her again.
(b) How weak he is.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) That his wife may find out.

5. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was always smiling and singing.
(b) She was loud and obnoxious.
(c) She was often quiet and distant.
(d) She was moody and mercurial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

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

3. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?

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

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

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