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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 often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a day.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Once a day.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Dark brown, auburn, white.
(b) Black, plum, dark brown.
(c) Golden, gray, red.
(d) Light brown, red, gold.

5. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A bed.
(b) A child.
(c) A garden.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

2. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?

3. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

4. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

5. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

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