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

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

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

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

5. 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) A large heavy pain.
(c) A huge open space.
(d) An ocean of regret.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the pain from the affair worse than the pleasure?

2. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.

3. What does the narrator see as he walks away from his lover at the end of their trip?

4. What types of things does the narrator say bring back to the memory of his lover just as he thinks he is over the pain?

5. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.

6. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?

7. After adding up the time spent thinking of his lover after the affair has ended, how much does the narrator calculate he has spent?

8. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?

9. In the final paragraph, what does the narrator question regarding his affair?

10. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?

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