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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 does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
(a) With compassion.
(b) A little harsh.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) A little flat.

2. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) She promised she would not ask him that again.
(b) He had literally just answered that question.
(c) He did not think she worried about herself like that.
(d) He had just told her how beautiful she was.

3. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $33.
(b) $6.
(c) $50.
(d) $24.

4. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will frown in her sleep.
(b) She will wake up and yell at him.
(c) She will wake up and kiss him.
(d) She will punch him.

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. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?

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

3. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

4. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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

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