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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 still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How lucky he is to have her.
(b) How much they have in common.
(c) How hard it is to break up with her.
(d) How long they have been together.

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

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

4. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A garden.
(b) A child.
(c) A house.
(d) A bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

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

3. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

4. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?

5. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

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