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

2. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
(a) Once a day.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Once a week.

3. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?
(a) How long they have been together.
(b) How much they have in common.
(c) How lucky he is to have her.
(d) How hard it is to break up with her.

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?
(a) "She is here today and will be gone tomorrow."
(b) "She is by my side for the time being."
(c) "Our time together is as fleeting as the night."
(d) "She's next to me and isn't away from me like she will be later."

5. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
(a) He wants to wake as soon as she does.
(b) He worries she might run out on him.
(c) He wants to hang on to the moment.
(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. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

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

4. What else did the narrator see in his dreams beyond the dark frame of empty space?

5. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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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