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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) Lynn Donahue.
(c) Lydia Davis.
(d) Danielle Lyons.

2. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How hard it is to break up with her.
(b) How much they have in common.
(c) How long they have been together.
(d) How lucky he is to have her.

3. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) He is too tired.
(b) He does not want to disturb her.
(c) She would get mad at him.
(d) She has bad breath.

4. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A snake hissing.
(b) A child singing.
(c) A woman laughing.
(d) A cat or baby crying.

5. 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) Tree or rosebush.
(c) Restaurant or bookstore.
(d) Street or painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

2. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?

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

4. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

5. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

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