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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 often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Once a day.

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

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her long eyelashes.
(b) The sheen of her hair.
(c) Her perfect lips.
(d) How good her skin is.

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

5. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?
(a) His cell phone.
(b) A piece of paper.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) A blank computer screen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?

4. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?

5. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

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