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

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

3. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) HIs desire to see her again.
(b) His understanding of what he saw in her.
(c) His love for her.
(d) The feeling of being with her.

4. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?
(a) He liked it but was too tired to understand what she was talking about.
(b) He loved it and felt energized by it.
(c) He was annoyed because he wanted to sleep.
(d) He felt glad their trip was coming to an end.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?

3. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

4. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

5. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

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