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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 he had to leave.
(c) The time they ran into her boyfriend.
(d) The time he got too drunk.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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 shook her head and got up.
(d) She said she loved him too.

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

15. 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) Nag at him.
(d) Make him see the affair for what it was.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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