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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?
(a) A building.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) His lover.
(d) A car.

2. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
(a) She asked if he thought she was fat.
(b) She asked if he thought she was dumb.
(c) She asked if he thought she was pretty or no.
(d) She asked if he thought she should dye her hair.

3. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Peaceful.

4. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) She has bad breath.
(b) She would get mad at him.
(c) He is too tired.
(d) He does not want to disturb her.

5. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?
(a) She will frown in her sleep.
(b) She will wake up and yell at him.
(c) She will punch him.
(d) She will wake up and kiss him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?

2. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

3. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?

4. When the narrator describes watching his lover as she sleeps, what does he say that makes the reader know their time together is temporary?

5. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the feelings about the narrator's affair linger after it ends at first?

2. After including the entire day he and his lover spend together and all the bits that add up, how much does he say he has spent per hour?

3. Based on what the narrator says he spent in the first few paragraphs, what did he and his lover do during their trip?

4. How does the narrator describe his lover's behavior during the time they spend together before making love?

5. How much does the narrator first say the cost of their love making was each hour?

6. What is the narrator trying to break down at the start of the story?

7. What type of questions does the narrator say he begins to ask himself after "the pictures start to go" (25) of his time with his lover?

8. What surprising question did the narrator's lover ask him in bed one day? How did he respond? What did she think of his response?

9. Describe the image of the narrator's love in the coffee shop.

10. What does the narrator note about his lover's skin when he talks about waking up and looking at her?

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