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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 does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will frown in her sleep.
(b) She will wake up and yell at him.
(c) She will wake up and kiss him.
(d) She will punch him.

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

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

4. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Go on living.
(b) Go on more vacations.
(c) Save any money.
(d) Get a good job.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?

3. If the narrator calculates the time spent thinking of his lover up to six weeks after the affair, how much does he figure he has spent?

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

5. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?

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