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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bernard think of living in and reflecting upon the present?
(a) It should be combined with the past.
(b) It is self-indulgent.
(c) It is the only way to live.
(d) One can learn about life.

3. Bernard tells people that June believes the dogs she encountered on the path were something other than just dogs. What were they?
(a) Poltergeists.
(b) The ghosts of her parents.
(c) Satan's familiars.
(d) Angels.

4. Where did June and Bernard have their first pre-marital intimate encounter?
(a) In a movie theater.
(b) At the dolmen.
(c) In Bernard's car.
(d) In the home of June's girlfriend.

5. Where did Jenny's parents live when Jeremy first met them?
(a) In Australia.
(b) In North London.
(c) In the South of France.
(d) In separate countries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Jeremy's niece at the beginning of the story?

3. What did June discover about herself the morning after the dolmen?

4. As she lay ill in bed, who do we learn June is jealous of as regards Bernard?

5. What was June's basic view about life?

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