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

2. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
(a) Enthusiastically.
(b) A little flat.
(c) With compassion.
(d) A little harsh.

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

4. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Save any money.
(b) Go on more vacations.
(c) Go on living.
(d) Get a good job.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?

5. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?

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