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

2. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "Nothing, just walking away."
(b) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."
(c) "I'll take it."
(d) "Can I return it if I don't like it."

3. 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) $3 an hour.
(c) $60 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

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

5. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The peace.
(b) The regret.
(c) The pain.
(d) The joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

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

3. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?

4. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?

5. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?

5. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?

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

7. How long after the affair does the narrator think his time thinking of her is reduced to about and hour or two a day?

8. The narrator says sometimes he feels like a prince or a king. What contrasting emotion does he feel?

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

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

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