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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 the narrator trying to do at the start of the story?
(a) Break down the cost of an affair.
(b) Do his annual household budget.
(c) Write his grocery list.
(d) Negotiate a better salary.

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

3. What "keeps happening" (21) between the narrator and his lover while they are together all day, which he says "adds up" (21)?
(a) The touches and smiles.
(b) The misunderstandings.
(c) The deep discussions.
(d) The disagreements.

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

5. What "old" (22) thing does the narrator say he cannot look at without still feeling what he feels his lover?
(a) Tree or rosebush.
(b) Restaurant or bookstore.
(c) Car or pair of pants.
(d) Street or painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What still surprises the narrator about his relationship at the start of the story?

2. How is the narrator's lover's behavior described at the start of the story?

3. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?

4. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?

5. How did the narrator respond to the surprising question his lover asked him in bed one day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. How much does the narrator first say the cost of their love making was each 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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