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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Heart, head.
(b) Imagination, soul.
(c) Dreams, reality.
(d) Mind, body.

2. 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) 1-2.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 16 - 18.

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

4. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) That he may never see her again.
(b) How weak he is.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) That his wife may find out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

2. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

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. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

5. 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?

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