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

2. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A garden.
(b) A house.
(c) A child.
(d) A bed.

3. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 16 - 18.
(c) 4 -8.
(d) 1-2.

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

5. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) Their hotel room.
(b) A bar.
(c) A coffee house.
(d) A spa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?

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

3. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

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

5. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?

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