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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?
(a) 10 - 12 hours a day.
(b) All day, every day.
(c) About an hour a day.
(d) Only during waking hours.

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

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

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

6. 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) Making love.
(d) Taking a evening stroll.

7. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?
(a) Energetic.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Excited.
(d) Empty.

8. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?
(a) Sharp and pointy like a cactus.
(b) Hard and cold like metal.
(c) Soft and malleable like clay.
(d) Warm and fuzzy like a puppy.

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

10. 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) She did not have to feel it was a burden.
(c) He had never loved anyone before her.
(d) He really hoped she felt the same.

11. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) The door.
(b) The gift she had just given him.
(c) A piece of paper she held in her hand.
(d) The bed.

12. 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) $24 an hour.
(b) $60 an hour.
(c) $3 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

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

14. 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) A huge open space.
(c) An ocean of regret.
(d) A vast emptiness.

15. 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) He thought it would make her stay.
(c) It was bursting inside him.
(d) He was drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?

2. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?

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

4. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

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

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