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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) She would get mad at him.
(d) He is too tired.

2. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said she should do whatever she wants.
(b) He said a diet would not hurt.
(c) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(d) He said her body was beautiful.

3. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Sharply.
(c) Intelligently.
(d) Quietly.

4. 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 often quiet and distant.
(c) She was moody and mercurial.
(d) She was loud and obnoxious.

5. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How hard it is to break up with her.
(b) How long they have been together.
(c) How much they have in common.
(d) How lucky he is to have her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

5. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

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