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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 know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) She will stop talking to him.
(b) They will have a fancy dinner.
(c) They will have an argument.
(d) They will end up in bed together.

2. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?
(a) She said she loved him too.
(b) She was quiet.
(c) She said she did not feel the same way.
(d) She shook her head and got up.

3. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?
(a) He liked it but was too tired to understand what she was talking about.
(b) He was annoyed because he wanted to sleep.
(c) He loved it and felt energized by it.
(d) He felt glad their trip was coming to an end.

4. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A cat or baby crying.
(b) A child singing.
(c) A woman laughing.
(d) A snake hissing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

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

5. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

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