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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?
(a) Sharp and pointy like a cactus.
(b) Warm and fuzzy like a puppy.
(c) Soft and malleable like clay.
(d) Hard and cold like metal.

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

6. 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 was afraid of commitment.
(c) He did not fully trust her.
(d) He knew the affair was going to be so short.

7. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
(a) His lover walking away.
(b) The door closing.
(c) He lover blowing him a kiss.
(d) His lover looking at him.

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

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

10. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?
(a) Take a class.
(b) Visit family.
(c) Go out with friends.
(d) Go to public places to be around people.

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

12. 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?
(a) $24 an hour.
(b) $3 an hour.
(c) $6 an hour.
(d) $60 an hour.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?

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

4. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

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

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