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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?
(a) Hotel and food.
(b) Massages and tours.
(c) A new suit and tie.
(d) Silk pajamas.

2. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will end up in bed together.
(b) She will stop talking to him.
(c) They will have an argument.
(d) They will have a fancy dinner.

3. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Intelligently.
(b) Sharply.
(c) Calmly.
(d) Quietly.

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

5. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $33.
(b) $24.
(c) $6.
(d) $50.

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

3. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

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

5. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

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