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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 colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?
(a) Dark brown, auburn, white.
(b) Light brown, red, gold.
(c) Golden, gray, red.
(d) Black, plum, dark brown.

2. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was loud and obnoxious.
(b) She was often quiet and distant.
(c) She was moody and mercurial.
(d) She was always smiling and singing.

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

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?
(a) "She is by my side for the time being."
(b) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(c) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(d) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."

5. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(b) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(c) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(d) She asked if he thought she was fat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?

3. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

4. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

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

(see the answer key)

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