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

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

3. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Tree or rosebush.
(b) Restaurant or bookstore.
(c) Street or painting.
(d) Car or pair of pants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?

2. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

4. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

5. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

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