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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 is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) An ocean of regret.
(b) A large heavy pain.
(c) A huge open space.
(d) A vast emptiness.

2. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A bed.
(b) A child.
(c) A house.
(d) A garden.

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

4. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He was afraid of commitment.
(b) He knew the affair was going to be so short.
(c) He was not over his last relationship.
(d) He did not fully trust her.

5. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) The gift she had just given him.
(b) A piece of paper she held in her hand.
(c) The bed.
(d) The door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?

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

3. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

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

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

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