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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 does the narrator say is all that is left of the relationship after the pictures and questions go away?
(a) A large heavy pain.
(b) A vast emptiness.
(c) An ocean of regret.
(d) A huge open space.

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

3. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?
(a) 10 - 12 hours a day.
(b) Only during waking hours.
(c) About an hour a day.
(d) All day, every day.

4. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
(a) A jerk.
(b) A loser.
(c) A casanova.
(d) A prince.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe how his impending pain looks in an open box in a window?

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

3. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?

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

5. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see as he walks away from his lover at the end of their trip?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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