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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(b) He worries she might run out on him.
(c) He wants to protect her from danger.
(d) He wants to wake as soon as she does.

2. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?
(a) A blank computer screen.
(b) A piece of paper.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) His cell phone.

3. 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.

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) HIs desire to see her again.
(b) His love for her.
(c) The feeling of being with her.
(d) His understanding of what he saw in her.

5. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?
(a) $33.
(b) $6.
(c) $24.
(d) $50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

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

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

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

5. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

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