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

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A car.
(b) A building.
(c) His lover.
(d) A doctor's office.

3. 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's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(b) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(c) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(d) "She is by my side for the time being."

4. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) A bottle of champagne.
(b) A green and blue shirt.
(c) Cab fare.
(d) Her silk robe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

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

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

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