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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Light brown, red, gold.
(b) Golden, gray, red.
(c) Black, plum, dark brown.
(d) Dark brown, auburn, white.

2. 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.

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

4. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?
(a) 16 - 18.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 4 -8.
(d) 1-2.

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

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

7. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?
(a) They will have a fancy dinner.
(b) They will end up in bed together.
(c) They will have an argument.
(d) She will stop talking to him.

8. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?
(a) Why did she have the light on when he came to bed some nights and off others.
(b) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.
(c) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.
(d) Why did she become so distant over time.

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

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

11. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?
(a) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."
(b) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(c) "She is by my side for the time being."
(d) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."

12. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?
(a) The feeling of being with her.
(b) HIs desire to see her again.
(c) His love for her.
(d) His understanding of what he saw in her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

2. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

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

4. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

5. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

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