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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick notice after the story is over?
(a) The afternoon light is waning.
(b) The narrator has his arm around someone else's wife.
(c) The sun is rising.
(d) Everyone is crying.

2. Whose glass is overturned on the table at the end of the story?
(a) Nick's.
(b) Terri's.
(c) Mel's.
(d) Marjorie's.

3. Where are the characters sitting for the duration of the story?
(a) On a bench.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On a windowsill.
(d) In chairs.

4. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is a(n) ________ story of ____________ couples.
(a) Non-fiction; divorcing.
(b) Abridged; unhappy.
(c) Descriptive; mild-mannered.
(d) Short; married.

5. Who brings up the topic of "spiritual love"?
(a) Mel.
(b) Terri.
(c) Nick.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick do as a sign of romantic love?

2. Who suggests that the group go to dinner?

3. Mel claims he loved:

4. Who feels as if the group is "enchanted" as the conversation continues?

5. What happens to the teenager after the accident?

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