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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(b) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(c) "She is by my side for the time being."
(d) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Having a drink.
(b) Packing their things to go home.
(c) Taking a evening stroll.
(d) Making love.

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

5. 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?
(a) $3 an hour.
(b) $24 an hour.
(c) $60 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?

2. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

3. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

4. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

5. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

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