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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Three of the book, Jeremy asks Bernard to tell him the details of a story. Which story is that?
(a) The Maire's story about the dogs.
(b) The story of Hitler's invasion of France.
(c) How June acted in the Hotel des Tilleuls.
(d) The truth behind Bernard's injured leg.

2. When the father of the small boy at dinner lights a cigarette, why does that give Jeremy a tiny bit of relief?
(a) The cigarette will not light.
(b) He hopes he can borrow a cigarette from him.
(c) The man's hands are a little shaky.
(d) He knows the man will not bother him.

3. What is the Dolmen de la Prunarede?
(a) The place where June and Bernard married.
(b) An ancient burial site that became a family site.
(c) Jenny's ideal place to live.
(d) Jeremy's home town.

4. How long did Bernard stay in the Communist Party?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) All his life so far.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Thirty years.

5. Bernard quotes some lines attributed to Isaiah Berlin to Jeremy. What are they about?
(a) The risks of Communism.
(b) Freedom of choice for all people.
(c) The fatal quality of utopia.
(d) Hitler's Nazi Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mme. Auriac give the little boy who got hurt?

2. After Jenny and Jeremy visited Majdanek, how long was it before they spoke to one another?

3. Jeremy hears a running conversation in his head while in the bergerie, alone. Who is talking in his head?

4. Who ends up saving Bernard from the teenagers?

5. How does Bernard refer to June's preoccupation with the spiritual world in Part Two?

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