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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 20 -25 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) He does not want to disturb her.
(b) He is too tired.
(c) She would get mad at him.
(d) She has bad breath.

3. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Heart, head.
(b) Mind, body.
(c) Dreams, reality.
(d) Imagination, soul.

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

5. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $150.
(c) $600.
(d) $950.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

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

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?

4. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

5. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

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