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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 25 - 30 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
(a) Imagination, soul.
(b) Mind, body.
(c) Heart, head.
(d) Dreams, reality.

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A doctor's office.
(b) A car.
(c) His lover.
(d) A building.

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) He had literally just answered that question.
(b) He had just told her how beautiful she was.
(c) He did not think she worried about herself like that.
(d) She promised she would not ask him that again.

4. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The touches and smiles.
(b) The deep discussions.
(c) The misunderstandings.
(d) The disagreements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

2. What does the narrator say he becomes afraid of as distance grows between the time spent with his lover and the present?

3. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

5. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

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