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

2. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?
(a) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.
(b) Why did she become so distant over time.
(c) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.
(d) Why did she have the light on when he came to bed some nights and off others.

3. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?
(a) He liked it but was too tired to understand what she was talking about.
(b) He loved it and felt energized by it.
(c) He was annoyed because he wanted to sleep.
(d) He felt glad their trip was coming to an end.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

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

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?

4. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?

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

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