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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Write his grocery list.
(b) Break down the cost of an affair.
(c) Do his annual household budget.
(d) Negotiate a better salary.

3. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) Her silk robe.
(b) Cab fare.
(c) A green and blue shirt.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

4. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?
(a) Scared her away.
(b) Lied to her.
(c) Trapped her into saying it back.
(d) Made her dislike him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

2. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

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

4. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

5. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

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