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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He was not over his last relationship.
(b) He was afraid of commitment.
(c) He did not fully trust her.
(d) He knew the affair was going to be so short.

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

3. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) Cab fare.
(b) A green and blue shirt.
(c) Her silk robe.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

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

5. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?
(a) Go to public places to be around people.
(b) Take a class.
(c) Go out with friends.
(d) Visit family.

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
(a) He wanted to scare her away.
(b) It was bursting inside him.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) He thought it would make her stay.

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

12. 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 was quiet.
(c) She said she loved him too.
(d) She shook her head and got up.

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

14. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
(a) The time he had to leave.
(b) The time his wife called him.
(c) The time they ran into her boyfriend.
(d) The time he got too drunk.

15. 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 she told him she was leaving him.
(c) When he was too tired to make love.
(d) When she asked if she was fat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?

3. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?

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

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

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