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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) Read.
(b) Write.
(c) Paint.
(d) Sing.

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

3. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When she asked if she was fat.
(b) When he told her he loved her.
(c) When she told him she was leaving him.
(d) When he was too tired to make love.

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

5. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.
(b) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(c) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(d) She asked if he thought she was fat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?

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

4. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?

5. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

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