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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) His lover.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A car.
(d) A building.

2. What color are the narrator's lover's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
(a) Get a good job.
(b) Go on more vacations.
(c) Go on living.
(d) Save any money.

4. What does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
(a) Kill it.
(b) Drive himself crazy.
(c) Make it seem meaningless.
(d) Relive it.

5. 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 hang on to the moment.
(c) He wants to wake as soon as she does.
(d) He wants to protect her from danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator know will happen each day he spends with his lover?

2. What does the narrator think may happen if he kisses his lovers eyelids?

3. How many hours a day does the narrator estimate he spends either with his lover or thinking of her during their time together?

4. What is the "very clean white place" (24) the narrator recalls being with his lover?

5. Who is the author of "Break It Down"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What are the feelings the narrator experiences when he starts to lose the feeling of being with his lover?

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

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

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

6. The narrator describes a moment in bed when his lover talked nonstop late into the night, her mouth close to his ear. How did he feel during that time?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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