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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) Twice a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Every other day.

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

3. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Do his annual household budget.
(b) Negotiate a better salary.
(c) Break down the cost of an affair.
(d) Write his grocery list.

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

5. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?
(a) Lynn Donahue.
(b) Danielle Lyons.
(c) Leslie Daniels.
(d) Lydia Davis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

4. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

5. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

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