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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 colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?
(a) Light brown, red, gold.
(b) Golden, gray, red.
(c) Black, plum, dark brown.
(d) Dark brown, auburn, white.

2. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Peaceful.

3. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The peace.
(b) The joy.
(c) The regret.
(d) The pain.

4. 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) $60 an hour.
(b) $24 an hour.
(c) $3 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

5. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
(a) The time he had to leave.
(b) The time they ran into her boyfriend.
(c) The time his wife called him.
(d) The time he got too drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

2. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

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

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

5. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?

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