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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 is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) A bar.
(b) Their hotel room.
(c) A spa.
(d) A coffee house.

2. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?
(a) He had never loved anyone before her.
(b) He hoped it did not scare her away.
(c) He really hoped she felt the same.
(d) She did not have to feel it was a burden.

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

4. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Once a day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

2. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

3. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

4. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

5. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

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