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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
(a) A prince.
(b) A loser.
(c) A casanova.
(d) A jerk.

3. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?
(a) Scared her away.
(b) Lied to her.
(c) Made her dislike him.
(d) Trapped her into saying it back.

4. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When he told her he loved her.
(b) When he was too tired to make love.
(c) When she told him she was leaving him.
(d) When she asked if she was fat.

5. 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) She did not have to feel it was a burden.
(c) He hoped it did not scare her away.
(d) He really hoped she felt the same.

6. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
(a) Write.
(b) Sing.
(c) Read.
(d) Paint.

7. 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) $6 an hour.
(b) $24 an hour.
(c) $60 an hour.
(d) $3 an hour.

8. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) A large heavy pain.
(b) An ocean of regret.
(c) A huge open space.
(d) A vast emptiness.

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

10. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A woman laughing.
(b) A child singing.
(c) A snake hissing.
(d) A cat or baby crying.

11. 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 their last night.
(d) It was her birthday.

12. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) A little harsh.
(c) A little flat.
(d) With compassion.

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

14. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?
(a) She said she did not feel the same way.
(b) She said she loved him too.
(c) She was quiet.
(d) She shook her head and got up.

15. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
(a) The door closing.
(b) His lover looking at him.
(c) His lover walking away.
(d) He lover blowing him a kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?

2. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?

3. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?

4. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?

5. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?

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