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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jeremy work so hard at studying for his A levels?
(a) He wanted to go to university and leave home.
(b) To attract an older woman.
(c) To find the right girl at a new school.
(d) He wanted to prove how smart he reallly was.

2. What was June's job when she first encountered Bernard?
(a) French teacher for foreign diplomat's children.
(b) Socialist Party leader.
(c) Interpreter and occasional translator of French documents.
(d) Senator's secretary.

3. What kind of religious service is performed at June's burial?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) None.
(d) Anglican.

4. Why does Jeremy state that he was something of a parent at the age of seventeen?
(a) He felt older than all of his school friends.
(b) His girlfirend got pregnant and ran away.
(c) He wanted to become a teacher.
(d) He took care of his sister's only child.

5. Where did Toby Langley spend some of his childhood?
(a) At Oxford.
(b) In Notting Hill.
(c) In the United States and Mexico.
(d) In the Middle East, Kenya, and Venezuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inferred in the last sentence of the Preface?

2. What did Jeremy continue to do after leaving North Oxford?

3. What did Harper do for a living?

4. What does June want to be the centerpiece of the memoir Jeremy is writing about her?

5. In what way were June and Bernard alike in the beginning of their relationship?

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