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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 do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
(a) Sing.
(b) Write.
(c) Paint.
(d) Read.

2. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) An old shirt.
(b) Nothing but pain.
(c) A new love.
(d) $0.

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

4. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Intelligently.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Sharply.
(d) Calmly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

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

4. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

5. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

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