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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

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