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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Anxious.

2. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 4 -8.
(b) 1-2.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 16 - 18.

3. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Sharply.
(b) Calmly.
(c) Intelligently.
(d) Quietly.

4. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) A large heavy pain.
(b) A vast emptiness.
(c) An ocean of regret.
(d) A huge open space.

5. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) The bed.
(b) A piece of paper she held in her hand.
(c) The door.
(d) The gift she had just given him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?

2. What colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?

3. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

4. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

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

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