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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 was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Go on more vacations.
(b) Save any money.
(c) Go on living.
(d) Get a good job.

2. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The touches and smiles.
(b) The deep discussions.
(c) The misunderstandings.
(d) The disagreements.

3. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Make it seem meaningless.
(b) Relive it.
(c) Drive himself crazy.
(d) Kill it.

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

5. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) That he may never see her again.
(b) That his wife may find out.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) How weak he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

2. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?

3. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?

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

5. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?

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