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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 1-2.
(b) 16 - 18.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 4 -8.

3. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $6.
(b) $24.
(c) $33.
(d) $50.

4. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(b) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(c) She asked if he thought she was fat.
(d) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.

5. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?
(a) It was their first night.
(b) He had proposed to her.
(c) It was her birthday.
(d) It was their last night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

2. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

3. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

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. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

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