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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
(a) Eat away at him.
(b) Nag at him.
(c) Make him see the affair for what it was.
(d) Confuse him.

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

3. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her perfect lips.
(b) How good her skin is.
(c) Her long eyelashes.
(d) The sheen of her hair.

4. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
(a) It was bursting inside him.
(b) He was drunk.
(c) He thought it would make her stay.
(d) He wanted to scare her away.

5. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "Can I return it if I don't like it."
(b) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."
(c) "I'll take it."
(d) "Nothing, just walking away."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?

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

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