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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Mind, body.
(b) Dreams, reality.
(c) Heart, head.
(d) Imagination, soul.

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) How weak he is.
(b) That his wife may find out.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) That he may never see her again.

3. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Negotiate a better salary.
(b) Break down the cost of an affair.
(c) Do his annual household budget.
(d) Write his grocery list.

4. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) She promised she would not ask him that again.
(b) He did not think she worried about herself like that.
(c) He had just told her how beautiful she was.
(d) He had literally just answered that question.

5. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said her body was beautiful.
(b) He said she should do whatever she wants.
(c) He said a diet would not hurt.
(d) He told her to stop asking silly questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?

2. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

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

4. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

5. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to break down at the start of the story?

2. What surprising question did the narrator's lover ask him in bed one day? How did he respond? What did she think of his response?

3. How do the feelings about the narrator's affair linger after it ends at first?

4. How does the narrator describe his lover's behavior during the time they spend together before making love?

5. Why does the narrator choose not to kiss his lover's eyelids as he wants to while he watches her sleep?

6. Describe the image of the narrator's love in the coffee shop.

7. After including the entire day he and his lover spend together and all the bits that add up, how much does he say he has spent per hour?

8. What are the feelings the narrator experiences when he starts to lose the feeling of being with his lover?

9. Based on what the narrator says he spent in the first few paragraphs, what did he and his lover do during their trip?

10. What type of questions does the narrator say he begins to ask himself after "the pictures start to go" (25) of his time with his lover?

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