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

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

3. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?
(a) Silk pajamas.
(b) A new suit and tie.
(c) Massages and tours.
(d) Hotel and food.

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

5. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How hard it is to break up with her.
(b) How lucky he is to have her.
(c) How long they have been together.
(d) How much they have in common.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

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

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

5. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

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