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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 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) 1-2.
(d) 4 -8.

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

3. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She is by my side for the time being."
(b) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(c) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(d) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."

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

5. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Do his annual household budget.
(b) Write his grocery list.
(c) Break down the cost of an affair.
(d) Negotiate a better salary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

2. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

3. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

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

5. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

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