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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(b) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(c) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(d) "She is by my side for the time being."

2. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) A vast emptiness.
(b) A large heavy pain.
(c) A huge open space.
(d) An ocean of regret.

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 pretty or no.
(b) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(c) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(d) She asked if he thought she was fat.

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

5. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When he told her he loved her.
(b) When she asked if she was fat.
(c) When he was too tired to make love.
(d) When she told him she was leaving him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

3. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

4. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?

5. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?

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