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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 much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?
(a) $15 - 20 an hour.
(b) $3 or $4 an hour.
(c) $33-$50 an hour.
(d) $80-$100 an hour.

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) 8 or 9.
(b) 16 - 18.
(c) 4 -8.
(d) 1-2.

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

4. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said she should do whatever she wants.
(b) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(c) He said her body was beautiful.
(d) He said a diet would not hurt.

5. 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) How weak he is.
(c) That his wife may find out.
(d) That he may never see her again.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

5. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?

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