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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 else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A garden.
(b) A house.
(c) A bed.
(d) A child.

2. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Making love.
(b) Drinking martinis.
(c) Having breakfast.
(d) Getting massages.

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

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

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) $50.
(d) $6.

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 color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

3. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

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

5. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?

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