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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does the narrator recall his lover asking him while they were in bed one day?
2. As time passes, the narrator says thoughts of his lover are more in his ______ than his ______?
3. How often did the narrator and his lover make love during their time together?
4. What was the narrator unsure he would be able to do without his lover?
5. How did the narrator feel when his lover talked "late in the night...faster and faster" (25)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the narrators dream, which he has lying beside his lover.
2. What surprising question did the narrator's lover ask him in bed one day? How did he respond? What did she think of his response?
3. The narrator describes a moment in bed when his lover talked nonstop late into the night, her mouth close to his ear. How did he feel during that time?
4. Describe the image of the narrator's love in the coffee shop.
5. How do the feelings about the narrator's affair linger after it ends at first?
6. Based on what the narrator says he spent in the first few paragraphs, what did he and his lover do during their trip?
7. What type of questions does the narrator say he begins to ask himself after "the pictures start to go" (25) of his time with his lover?
8. What is the narrator trying to break down at the start of the story?
9. How does the narrator describe his lover's behavior during the time they spend together before making love?
10. After including the entire day he and his lover spend together and all the bits that add up, how much does he say he has spent per hour?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Break it Down." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Davis's decision to tell the story using alternating point-of-view from the narrator's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of pain as revealed in "Break it Down."
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