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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Empty.
(c) Energetic.
(d) Excited.

2. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
(a) A casanova.
(b) A prince.
(c) A jerk.
(d) A loser.

3. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?
(a) She shook her head and got up.
(b) She said she did not feel the same way.
(c) She was quiet.
(d) She said she loved him too.

4. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
(a) Confuse him.
(b) Eat away at him.
(c) Make him see the affair for what it was.
(d) Nag at him.

5. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
(a) A little flat.
(b) Enthusiastically.
(c) With compassion.
(d) A little harsh.

6. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
(a) Sing.
(b) Read.
(c) Paint.
(d) Write.

7. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?
(a) 10 - 12 hours a day.
(b) Only during waking hours.
(c) About an hour a day.
(d) All day, every day.

8. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?
(a) A green and blue shirt.
(b) Her silk robe.
(c) Cab fare.
(d) A bottle of champagne.

9. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A child singing.
(b) A snake hissing.
(c) A cat or baby crying.
(d) A woman laughing.

10. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?
(a) When she told him she was leaving him.
(b) When he was too tired to make love.
(c) When she asked if she was fat.
(d) When he told her he loved her.

11. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He was not over his last relationship.
(b) He knew the affair was going to be so short.
(c) He did not fully trust her.
(d) He was afraid of commitment.

12. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
(a) The regret.
(b) The joy.
(c) The peace.
(d) The pain.

13. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
(a) The time he had to leave.
(b) The time his wife called him.
(c) The time he got too drunk.
(d) The time they ran into her boyfriend.

14. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?
(a) Trapped her into saying it back.
(b) Lied to her.
(c) Made her dislike him.
(d) Scared her away.

15. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) The bed.
(b) The gift she had just given him.
(c) The door.
(d) A piece of paper she held in her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?

2. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

3. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?

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

5. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?

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