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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what stage was June put into the hospice?
(a) She never entered a hospice.
(b) Seven years before she died.
(c) When she was terminal.
(d) Two weeks before she died.

2. Why did Jeremy persist in his friendship with his in-laws?
(a) Due to a lifetime habit of befriending parental figures.
(b) They were so alike in all ways.
(c) He loved them.
(d) They were constantly at his home.

3. What did Bernard usually do when he knew Jeremy had just been to see June?
(a) He asked if June needed anything.
(b) He telephoned Jeremy to ask if she'd been talking about him.
(c) He called Jeremy to see how ill June was.
(d) He did nothing, as he did not care.

4. What does June believe she discovered after the incident with the dogs?
(a) The perfect animals.
(b) God.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) Her true self.

5. 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 better now than she did then.
(b) How much she had changed.
(c) How beautiful she still was.
(d) That she looks happier now than she did then.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did June become a spiritual person?

2. To whom does Jeremy dedicate his memoir?

3. June and Bernard had another obsession. What was it?

4. From what point of view is the novel written?

5. How often did Jenny and her brothers see their parents?

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