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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 often quiet and distant.
(b) She was loud and obnoxious.
(c) She was always smiling and singing.
(d) She was moody and mercurial.

2. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Relive it.
(b) Kill it.
(c) Make it seem meaningless.
(d) Drive himself crazy.

3. 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) 1-2.
(c) 4 -8.
(d) 8 or 9.

4. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?
(a) Danielle Lyons.
(b) Lynn Donahue.
(c) Leslie Daniels.
(d) Lydia Davis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

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

3. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?

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

5. What colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?

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