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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 think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
(a) He was afraid of commitment.
(b) He did not fully trust her.
(c) He was not over his last relationship.
(d) He knew the affair was going to be so short.

2. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
(a) The time he had to leave.
(b) The time they ran into her boyfriend.
(c) The time he got too drunk.
(d) The time his wife called him.

3. The narrator describes staring at the impending pain from an affair in a window and saying what?
(a) "I'll take it."
(b) "I'll borrow it for just a moment."
(c) "Nothing, just walking away."
(d) "Can I return it if I don't like it."

4. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?
(a) He had never loved anyone before her.
(b) He hoped it did not scare her away.
(c) She did not have to feel it was a burden.
(d) He really hoped she felt the same.

5. As the narrator was leaving they stood close together looking at what?
(a) A piece of paper she held in her hand.
(b) The bed.
(c) The door.
(d) The gift she had just given him.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the narrator calculates the time spent thinking of his lover up to six weeks after the affair, how much does he figure he has spent?

2. What do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?

3. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?

4. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?

5. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator say he was beginning to feel when he was getting ready to say goodbye?

2. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?

3. What types of things does the narrator say bring back to the memory of his lover just as he thinks he is over the pain?

4. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?

5. The narrator says sometimes he feels like a prince or a king. What contrasting emotion does he feel?

6. After adding up the time spent thinking of his lover after the affair has ended, how much does the narrator calculate he has spent?

7. In what way is the pain from the affair worse than the pleasure?

8. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.

9. How long after the affair does the narrator think his time thinking of her is reduced to about and hour or two a day?

10. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?

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