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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

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

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

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

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

5. If the narrator calculates the time spent thinking of his lover up to six weeks after the affair, how much does he figure he has spent?
(a) $3 an hour.
(b) $6 an hour.
(c) $24 an hour.
(d) $60 an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?

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

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

4. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

5. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

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