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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. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
(a) A little flat.
(b) A little harsh.
(c) With compassion.
(d) Enthusiastically.

2. What does the narrator worry he did to his lover by telling her he loved her?
(a) Trapped her into saying it back.
(b) Made her dislike him.
(c) Scared her away.
(d) Lied to her.

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

4. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
(a) His lover looking at him.
(b) The door closing.
(c) He lover blowing him a kiss.
(d) His lover walking away.

5. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?
(a) Warm and fuzzy like a puppy.
(b) Soft and malleable like clay.
(c) Sharp and pointy like a cactus.
(d) Hard and cold like metal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?

3. What does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?

4. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?

5. What was the narrator unable to tell his lover before he told her he loved her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?

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

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

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

8. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.

9. In the final paragraph, what does the narrator question regarding his affair?

10. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?

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