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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 20 -25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(b) He said a diet would not hurt.
(c) He said she should do whatever she wants.
(d) He said her body was beautiful.

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Making love.
(b) Getting massages.
(c) Drinking martinis.
(d) Having breakfast.

4. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 4 -8.
(b) 16 - 18.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 1-2.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

3. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

4. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

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

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