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

2. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She is by my side for the time being."
(b) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(c) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(d) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."

3. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Having a drink.
(b) Taking a evening stroll.
(c) Making love.
(d) Packing their things to go home.

4. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Decadent dessert.
(b) Dark chocolate.
(c) Sweet liquor.
(d) Warm soup.

5. 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) $60 an hour.
(b) $24 an hour.
(c) $3 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

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

4. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

5. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

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