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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Jeremy dedicate his memoir?
(a) His niece, Sally, and his sister, Jean.
(b) The parents he spent many hours with.
(c) His wife, Jenny, and his niece, Sally.
(d) His parents.

2. When June tells Jeremy that she and Bernard are "obsessed", to what is she referring?
(a) The need to gain governmental control.
(b) Finding a cure for her.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their sexual life together.

3. What did Harper end up doing by the end of the summer of Jeremy's eighteenth birthday?
(a) He left Jean for good.
(b) He wrote his life story.
(c) He took Jean and left Sally with Jeremy.
(d) He went back to college for an external degree.

4. What is inferred in the last sentence of the Preface?
(a) Jeremy believes in ghosts and spiritualism.
(b) June and Bernard haunt Jeremy's home.
(c) June and Bernard never forgive Jeremy.
(d) June and Bernard are dead.

5. In the Preface, what liberty does Jeremy report that he takes in his book?
(a) He writes about his dead parents.
(b) He explains his affair with another woman.
(c) He recounts certain conversations.
(d) He describes his home life with Jenny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bernard leaves the grave site to walk toward a yew tree in the cemetery. What does he do there?

3. What organization did June join when she was eighteen-years-old?

4. What is the name of the woman in the crowd who Bernard notes looks a little bit like June?

5. What symbol do some of the teenage boys who harass Bernard have on their selves?

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