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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. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He worries she might run out on him.
(b) He wants to protect her from danger.
(c) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(d) He wants to wake as soon as she does.

2. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?
(a) A garden.
(b) A child.
(c) A house.
(d) A bed.

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?
(a) He did not think she worried about herself like that.
(b) She promised she would not ask him that again.
(c) He had literally just answered that question.
(d) He had just told her how beautiful she was.

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

5. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?
(a) Why did she become so distant over time.
(b) Why did she touch his arm when he spoke sometimes but not others.
(c) Why did she have the light on when he came to bed some nights and off others.
(d) Why did she laugh at his jokes sometimes and not others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?

2. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?

3. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?

4. What is the narrator beginning to "lose" (24) in the present regarding his lover?

5. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the narrators dream, which he has lying beside his lover.

4. 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?

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

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

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

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. 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?

10. Why does the narrator choose not to kiss his lover's eyelids as he wants to while he watches her sleep?

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