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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 word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Intelligently.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Sharply.

2. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When he was too tired to make love.
(b) When she asked if she was fat.
(c) When he told her he loved her.
(d) When she told him she was leaving him.

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

4. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?
(a) Lynn Donahue.
(b) Danielle Lyons.
(c) Lydia Davis.
(d) Leslie Daniels.

5. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) A spa.
(b) Their hotel room.
(c) A bar.
(d) A coffee house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

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

4. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

5. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

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