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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) $6 an hour.
(b) $3 an hour.
(c) $24 an hour.
(d) $60 an hour.

2. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) His love for her.
(b) HIs desire to see her again.
(c) His understanding of what he saw in her.
(d) The feeling of being with her.

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her perfect lips.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) The sheen of her hair.
(d) Her long eyelashes.

4. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) A new love.
(b) An old shirt.
(c) Nothing but pain.
(d) $0.

5. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
(a) His lover walking away.
(b) He lover blowing him a kiss.
(c) His lover looking at him.
(d) The door closing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?

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

3. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

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

5. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

(see the answer key)

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