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

2. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) He does not want to disturb her.
(b) She has bad breath.
(c) She would get mad at him.
(d) He is too tired.

3. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Drive himself crazy.
(b) Kill it.
(c) Relive it.
(d) Make it seem meaningless.

4. 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.

5. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she was fat.
(b) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(c) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(d) She asked if he thought she was dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

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