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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 question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(b) She asked if he thought she was fat.
(c) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(d) She asked if he thought she was dumb.

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

3. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was moody and mercurial.
(b) She was often quiet and distant.
(c) She was always smiling and singing.
(d) She was loud and obnoxious.

4. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) The bed.
(b) The gift she had just given him.
(c) A piece of paper she held in her hand.
(d) The door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

2. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?

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?

4. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

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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