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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 was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Go on living.
(b) Go on more vacations.
(c) Get a good job.
(d) Save any money.

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

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Having breakfast.
(b) Getting massages.
(c) Making love.
(d) Drinking martinis.

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

5. 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) $60 an hour.
(b) $3 an hour.
(c) $6 an hour.
(d) $24 an hour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

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

4. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

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

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