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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?
(a) A bar.
(b) A spa.
(c) A coffee house.
(d) Their hotel room.

2. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Kill it.
(b) Make it seem meaningless.
(c) Relive it.
(d) Drive himself crazy.

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

4. 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 fat.
(d) She asked if he thought she was dumb.

5. What does the narrator note about his lover as he looks at her in bed when he first wakes?
(a) Her long eyelashes.
(b) Her perfect lips.
(c) The sheen of her hair.
(d) How good her skin is.

6. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Twice a day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a day.

7. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?
(a) Sweet liquor.
(b) Warm soup.
(c) Decadent dessert.
(d) Dark chocolate.

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

9. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) She would get mad at him.
(b) He does not want to disturb her.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) She has bad breath.

10. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will frown in her sleep.
(b) She will wake up and kiss him.
(c) She will punch him.
(d) She will wake up and yell at him.

11. What colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?
(a) Black, plum, dark brown.
(b) Golden, gray, red.
(c) Dark brown, auburn, white.
(d) Light brown, red, gold.

12. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Break down the cost of an affair.
(b) Negotiate a better salary.
(c) Write his grocery list.
(d) Do his annual household budget.

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

14. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Hazel.

15. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Restaurant or bookstore.
(b) Tree or rosebush.
(c) Street or painting.
(d) Car or pair of pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

2. What is the narrator staring at at the start of "Break it Down"?

3. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?

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

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

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