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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?
(a) Only during waking hours.
(b) About an hour a day.
(c) All day, every day.
(d) 10 - 12 hours a day.

2. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Intelligently.
(b) Sharply.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Calmly.

3. If the narrator calculates the time spent thinking of his lover up to six weeks after the affair, how much does he figure he has spent?
(a) $24 an hour.
(b) $6 an hour.
(c) $3 an hour.
(d) $60 an hour.

4. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) $0.
(b) Nothing but pain.
(c) An old shirt.
(d) A new love.

5. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When he told her he loved her.
(b) When he was too tired to make love.
(c) When she asked if she was fat.
(d) When she told him she was leaving him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

2. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

4. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

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

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