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

2. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Street or painting.
(b) Tree or rosebush.
(c) Restaurant or bookstore.
(d) Car or pair of pants.

3. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The touches and smiles.
(b) The disagreements.
(c) The misunderstandings.
(d) The deep discussions.

4. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A child.
(b) A house.
(c) A bed.
(d) A garden.

5. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Dark chocolate.
(b) Warm soup.
(c) Decadent dessert.
(d) Sweet liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

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

3. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

4. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

5. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

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