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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The deep discussions.
(b) The touches and smiles.
(c) The disagreements.
(d) The misunderstandings.

2. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When he was too tired to make love.
(b) When she asked if she was fat.
(c) When he told her he loved her.
(d) When she told him she was leaving him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

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

3. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

4. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

5. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

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