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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?
(a) $950.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $150.
(d) $600.

2. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?
(a) A blank computer screen.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) A piece of paper.
(d) His cell phone.

3. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?
(a) He loved it and felt energized by it.
(b) He liked it but was too tired to understand what she was talking about.
(c) He was annoyed because he wanted to sleep.
(d) He felt glad their trip was coming to an end.

4. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
(a) He thought it would make her stay.
(b) He wanted to scare her away.
(c) It was bursting inside him.
(d) He was drunk.

5. 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 was too tired to make love.
(c) When she told him she was leaving him.
(d) When he told her he loved her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?

3. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

4. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

5. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?

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