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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Dark chocolate.
(b) Sweet liquor.
(c) Warm soup.
(d) Decadent dessert.

3. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A building.
(b) His lover.
(c) A car.
(d) A doctor's office.

4. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Restaurant or bookstore.
(b) Tree or rosebush.
(c) Street or painting.
(d) Car or pair of pants.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?

3. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

4. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

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

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