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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 Two, Bernard and Jeremy see a deserted watchtower over sand that conceal land mines. What do they see there?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Rats.
(c) A child running.
(d) Nothing but memories.

2. What happens to the boy having dinner at the hotel?
(a) He faints.
(b) He throws up his dinner.
(c) He is beaten by his father.
(d) He is attacked by dogs.

3. When Jenny told Jeremy she considered him a friend and touched his hand, what happened next?
(a) He kissed her.
(b) He told her he had a girlfriend in England.
(c) He backed away.
(d) He stood still, not knowing what to do.

4. What is it about Jeremy that reminds June of Bernard?
(a) His warmth and kindness.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His looks.
(d) His dryness and distance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Jeremy's young son, Alexander, keeps asking on the car ride to the cemetery?

2. About how many people have gathered to watch the Berlin Wall fall in Part Two?

3. When the teenagers take their leave, how do they do it without losing face?

4. What were Bernard's feelings about June's commitment to the Communist Party after the incident with the insect in Part Two?

5. In Part Two, what does Bernard say he misses most about June?

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