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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 note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her long eyelashes.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) Her perfect lips.
(d) The sheen of her hair.

2. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?
(a) $150.
(b) $600.
(c) $950.
(d) $1,000.

3. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
(a) Paint.
(b) Read.
(c) Write.
(d) Sing.

4. 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) Car or pair of pants.
(c) Restaurant or bookstore.
(d) Street or painting.

5. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "I'll take it."
(b) "Nothing, just walking away."
(c) "Can I return it if I don't like it."
(d) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

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

5. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?

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