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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 kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A building.
(b) A car.
(c) His lover.
(d) A doctor's office.

2. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her long eyelashes.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) Her perfect lips.
(d) The sheen of her hair.

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

5. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will wake up and yell at him.
(b) She will wake up and kiss him.
(c) She will frown in her sleep.
(d) She will punch him.

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. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

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

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

5. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?

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