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

2. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) The sheen of her hair.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) Her long eyelashes.
(d) Her perfect lips.

3. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said a diet would not hurt.
(b) He said her body was beautiful.
(c) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(d) He said she should do whatever she wants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

2. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

3. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

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

5. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

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