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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 were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Packing their things to go home.
(b) Making love.
(c) Taking a evening stroll.
(d) Having a drink.

2. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A child singing.
(b) A snake hissing.
(c) A cat or baby crying.
(d) A woman laughing.

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

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

5. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?
(a) Go out with friends.
(b) Take a class.
(c) Go to public places to be around people.
(d) Visit family.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?

4. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?

5. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

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