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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Sharply.
(c) Intelligently.
(d) Calmly.

3. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was moody and mercurial.
(b) She was often quiet and distant.
(c) She was loud and obnoxious.
(d) She was always smiling and singing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

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

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?

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

5. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?

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