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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 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 got too drunk.
(d) The time he had to leave.

2. What does the narrator do to try to ease some of the feelings leftover from the affair?
(a) Go out with friends.
(b) Take a class.
(c) Visit family.
(d) Go to public places to be around people.

3. What sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
(a) A snake hissing.
(b) A child singing.
(c) A cat or baby crying.
(d) A woman laughing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was significant about the night the narrator told his lover that he loved her?

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

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 say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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