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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 is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) His cell phone.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) A blank computer screen.

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?
(a) Golden, gray, red.
(b) Light brown, red, gold.
(c) Black, plum, dark brown.
(d) Dark brown, auburn, white.

3. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(b) She asked if he thought she was fat.
(c) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(d) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.

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

5. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Warm soup.
(b) Sweet liquor.
(c) Decadent dessert.
(d) Dark chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

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

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

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

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