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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 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) Intelligently.
(c) Calmly.
(d) Sharply.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

2. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

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

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

5. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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