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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 does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will have a fancy dinner.
(b) They will have an argument.
(c) She will stop talking to him.
(d) They will end up in bed together.

2. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A snake hissing.
(b) A child singing.
(c) A cat or baby crying.
(d) A woman laughing.

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

4. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) Cab fare.
(b) Her silk robe.
(c) A bottle of champagne.
(d) A green and blue shirt.

5. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A car.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) His lover.
(d) A building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

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

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

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

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