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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $24.
(b) $50.
(c) $33.
(d) $6.

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

3. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Go on more vacations.
(b) Get a good job.
(c) Save any money.
(d) Go on living.

4. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) He does not want to disturb her.
(b) She has bad breath.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) She would get mad at him.

5. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Making love.
(b) Drinking martinis.
(c) Having breakfast.
(d) Getting massages.

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

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

4. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

5. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

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