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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 end up in bed together.
(c) She will stop talking to him.
(d) They will have an argument.

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

3. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will punch him.
(b) She will wake up and yell at him.
(c) She will frown in her sleep.
(d) She will wake up and kiss him.

4. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Car or pair of pants.
(b) Restaurant or bookstore.
(c) Street or painting.
(d) Tree or rosebush.

5. 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) Black, plum, dark brown.
(c) Golden, gray, red.
(d) Light brown, red, gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

2. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

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

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

5. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

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