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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 20 -25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Drinking martinis.
(b) Having breakfast.
(c) Getting massages.
(d) Making love.

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

5. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) She would get mad at him.
(b) She has bad breath.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) He does not want to disturb her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

3. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

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

5. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

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