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

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

3. How would the narrator feel when he closed his eyes and began to dream?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Peaceful.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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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