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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A house.
(b) A child.
(c) A bed.
(d) A garden.

2. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) $0.
(b) A new love.
(c) An old shirt.
(d) Nothing but pain.

3. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Tree or rosebush.
(b) Street or painting.
(c) Restaurant or bookstore.
(d) Car or pair of pants.

4. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) She promised she would not ask him that again.
(b) He had just told her how beautiful she was.
(c) He had literally just answered that question.
(d) He did not think she worried about herself like that.

5. 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 told her to stop asking silly questions.
(c) He said her body was beautiful.
(d) He said a diet would not hurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?

3. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

4. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

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

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