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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) She has bad breath.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) She would get mad at him.
(d) He does not want to disturb her.

2. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?
(a) $600.
(b) $950.
(c) $150.
(d) $1,000.

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

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 become so distant over time.
(c) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.
(d) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

3. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

4. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

5. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

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