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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 "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.

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

3. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) Their hotel room.
(b) A bar.
(c) A coffee house.
(d) A spa.

4. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said a diet would not hurt.
(b) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(c) He said her body was beautiful.
(d) He said she should do whatever she wants.

5. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He wants to wake as soon as she does.
(b) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(c) He wants to protect her from danger.
(d) He worries she might run out on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?

2. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

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?

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

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

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