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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) Taking a evening stroll.
(b) Making love.
(c) Packing their things to go home.
(d) Having a drink.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

8. 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 did not fully trust her.
(c) He was not over his last relationship.
(d) He knew the affair was going to be so short.

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

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

11. 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) $60 an hour.
(b) $3 an hour.
(c) $24 an hour.
(d) $6 an hour.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

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

4. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

5. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?

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