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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 color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

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

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

4. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Dark chocolate.
(b) Sweet liquor.
(c) Decadent dessert.
(d) Warm soup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

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

3. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

4. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?

5. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

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