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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 do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
(a) Confuse him.
(b) Eat away at him.
(c) Make him see the affair for what it was.
(d) Nag at him.

2. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) Cab fare.
(b) Her silk robe.
(c) A green and blue shirt.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

3. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The pain.
(b) The peace.
(c) The regret.
(d) The joy.

4. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Make it seem meaningless.
(b) Relive it.
(c) Drive himself crazy.
(d) Kill it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

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

4. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?

5. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

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