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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) Lydia Davis.
(b) Danielle Lyons.
(c) Lynn Donahue.
(d) Leslie Daniels.

2. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) His understanding of what he saw in her.
(b) HIs desire to see her again.
(c) His love for her.
(d) The feeling of being with her.

3. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The pain.
(b) The regret.
(c) The joy.
(d) The peace.

4. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?
(a) $3 or $4 an hour.
(b) $15 - 20 an hour.
(c) $80-$100 an hour.
(d) $33-$50 an hour.

5. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "I'll take it."
(b) "Can I return it if I don't like it."
(c) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."
(d) "Nothing, just walking away."

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?

2. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

3. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

4. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?

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

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