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

2. Aside from the flight, what did the narrator pay for during his trip?
(a) A new suit and tie.
(b) Massages and tours.
(c) Hotel and food.
(d) Silk pajamas.

3. Why does the narrator decide against kissing his lover's eyelids as he watches her sleep?
(a) He is too tired.
(b) He does not want to disturb her.
(c) She has bad breath.
(d) She would get mad at him.

4. What word is used to describe the way the narrator's lover responded to his answer to the question she asked him in bed?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Sharply.
(c) Intelligently.
(d) Calmly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he kept dreaming about while with his lover?

3. Why was the narrator surprised by the question his lover asked him in bed?

4. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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. 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?

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

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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