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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?
(a) He hoped it did not scare her away.
(b) He really hoped she felt the same.
(c) She did not have to feel it was a burden.
(d) He had never loved anyone before her.

11. 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) A vast emptiness.
(c) An ocean of regret.
(d) A large heavy pain.

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

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

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

15. 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) $6 an hour.
(c) $60 an hour.
(d) $3 an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?

2. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?

3. What did the narrator's lover give to him before he left?

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

5. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?

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