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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 deep discussions.
(c) The misunderstandings.
(d) The touches and smiles.

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

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

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

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

7. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Drinking martinis.
(b) Having breakfast.
(c) Making love.
(d) Getting massages.

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

9. 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) Street or painting.
(c) Car or pair of pants.
(d) Tree or rosebush.

10. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He wants to wake as soon as she does.
(b) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(c) He wants to protect her from danger.
(d) He worries she might run out on him.

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

12. 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 lucky he is to have her.
(c) How long they have been together.
(d) How much they have in common.

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

14. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?
(a) He said her body was beautiful.
(b) He said a diet would not hurt.
(c) He told her to stop asking silly questions.
(d) He said she should do whatever she wants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes that after the affair ends, his lover is still inside him like what?

2. After including the time spent with his lover and thinking of her, how much does the narrator estimate their affair costs per hour?

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

4. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

5. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

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