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Michael Oppenheimer, The Paring Knife

Michael Oppenheimer, The Paring Knife

Read The Paring Knife and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The paring knife is lost on the night the couple

argue about drinking too much.

argue over who will wash the dishes.

have an argument while making love.

argue about whether or not to make love.

2. The paring knife slid under the refrigerator when

the man threw it.

the man felt crowded by the dirty dishes on the table and swept everything onto the floor.

the woman felt crowded by the dirty dishes on the table and swept everything onto the floor.

the woman threw it.

3. The loud sound in the kitchen causes the woman

to go to the kitchen and ask the man if he is all right.

to clean up the mess in the kitchen.

to leave.

to cry.

4. Following the moment when the paring knife is lost, the couple

laugh and go back to bed and make love.

discuss a fair division of household labor.

search for the paring knife.

decide not to drink so much wine at dinner again.

5. Just as the man is about to ask the woman if she remembers the incident that led to the knife being lost,

she asks him first.

she picks up the knife and slides it back under the refrigerator.

she picks up the knife to use it.

he decides it is better not to discuss it.