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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 colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?
(a) Golden, gray, red.
(b) Black, plum, dark brown.
(c) Dark brown, auburn, white.
(d) Light brown, red, gold.

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

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

4. How much was the plane ticket the narrator bought?
(a) $600.
(b) $150.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $950.

5. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
(a) Making love.
(b) Having breakfast.
(c) Getting massages.
(d) Drinking martinis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?

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

4. What is one of the "little questions" (25) the narrator began asking himself regarding his time with his lover?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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