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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
(a) Packing their things to go home.
(b) Having a drink.
(c) Taking a evening stroll.
(d) Making love.

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

3. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) A huge open space.
(b) An ocean of regret.
(c) A large heavy pain.
(d) A vast emptiness.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) An old shirt.
(b) $0.
(c) Nothing but pain.
(d) A new love.

9. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."
(b) "Nothing, just walking away."
(c) "I'll take it."
(d) "Can I return it if I don't like it."

10. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?
(a) He had proposed to her.
(b) It was their last night.
(c) It was their first night.
(d) It was her birthday.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?

2. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

3. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?

4. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?

5. If the narrator calculates the time spent thinking of his lover up to six weeks after the affair, how much does he figure he has spent?

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