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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 is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?
(a) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.
(b) Why did she have the light on when he came to bed some nights and off others.
(c) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.
(d) Why did she become so distant over time.

2. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Car or pair of pants.
(b) Street or painting.
(c) Tree or rosebush.
(d) Restaurant or bookstore.

3. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

4. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
(a) Write.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sing.
(d) Read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?

2. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?

3. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

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

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

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