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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jeremy's niece at the beginning of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Newborn.
(d) Five.

2. What disease was June dying of?
(a) Cardiovascular Disease.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Pancreatic Cancer.

3. In Part 1, what is it that Jeremy is thinking as he stares at June's photograph as a young newlywed?
(a) That she looks happier now than she did then.
(b) That she looks better now than she did then.
(c) How beautiful she still was.
(d) How much she had changed.

4. What was one of the reasons Jeremy did not pursue girls at the age of seventeen?
(a) It would distract him from his school work.
(b) He felt he was not good looking enough.
(c) He was not attracted to them.
(d) He was busy with two jobs.

5. What did Harper do for a living?
(a) He worked in a bank.
(b) He was a security guard.
(c) He was a bouncer at a bar.
(d) He was a part-time teaher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jeremy spoke with Bernard, how did he feel about June?

2. What did Jean think of Jeremy's friend, Toby?

3. Why did Jeremy persist in his friendship with his in-laws?

4. What was Bernard's profession?

5. What completely overshadowed Jeremy and Jenny's life until their first child was born?

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