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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. The narrator questions at the end, "How can you go in with...$1000, and...come out with" (30) what?
(a) A new love.
(b) $0.
(c) An old shirt.
(d) Nothing but pain.

2. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?
(a) He had proposed to her.
(b) It was their last night.
(c) It was her birthday.
(d) It was their first night.

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

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

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 said she loved him too.
(c) She shook her head and got up.
(d) She was quiet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the narrator beginning to feel the day he had to leave?

3. How often does the narrator figure he thinks of his lover about six weeks after their affair?

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

5. What does the narrator think may have been the only bad time with his lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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