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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 "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) A bar.
(b) A spa.
(c) Their hotel room.
(d) A coffee house.

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) His lover.
(b) A car.
(c) A building.
(d) A doctor's office.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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

4. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

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

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