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

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

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

4. 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?
(a) $3 an hour.
(b) $60 an hour.
(c) $6 an hour.
(d) $24 an hour.

5. How did the narrator's lover respond when he told her he loved her?
(a) She said she did not feel the same way.
(b) She was quiet.
(c) She shook her head and got up.
(d) She said she loved him too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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