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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) That his wife may find out.
(c) Having to see her again.
(d) How weak he is.

2. 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) Calmly.
(b) Intelligently.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Sharply.

3. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) His understanding of what he saw in her.
(b) His love for her.
(c) HIs desire to see her again.
(d) The feeling of being with her.

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?
(a) "She is by my side for the time being."
(b) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(c) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(d) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

2. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?

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

4. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

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

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