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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 is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was loud and obnoxious.
(b) She was often quiet and distant.
(c) She was always smiling and singing.
(d) She was moody and mercurial.

2. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 16 - 18.
(b) 4 -8.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 8 or 9.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

4. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?

5. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?

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