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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 becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?
(a) How weak he is.
(b) Having to see her again.
(c) That he may never see her again.
(d) That his wife may find out.

2. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?
(a) She was moody and mercurial.
(b) She was often quiet and distant.
(c) She was loud and obnoxious.
(d) She was always smiling and singing.

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

4. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?
(a) She said she loved him too.
(b) She shook her head and got up.
(c) She was quiet.
(d) She said she did not feel the same way.

5. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?
(a) Go to public places to be around people.
(b) Visit family.
(c) Go out with friends.
(d) Take a class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?

2. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

3. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?

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

5. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?

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