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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 know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will end up in bed together.
(b) She will stop talking to him.
(c) They will have a fancy dinner.
(d) They will have an argument.

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) Having to see her again.
(b) That he may never see her again.
(c) How weak he is.
(d) That his wife may find out.

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) He did not think she worried about herself like that.
(b) He had literally just answered that question.
(c) He had just told her how beautiful she was.
(d) She promised she would not ask him that again.

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 "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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

3. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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

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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