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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is odd about the story of how June and Bernard first met and began to date?
(a) June "stole" Bernard from another woman.
(b) They met by accident.
(c) They met on a blind date and disliked each other.
(d) They each have a different story about it.

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

4. During June's generation, what was the worst possible thing that could happen to a girl?
(a) Becoming a nun.
(b) Not being married by the age of 25.
(c) Getting a divorce.
(d) Being pregnant outside of marriage.

5. Bernard leaves the grave site to walk toward a yew tree in the cemetery. What does he do there?
(a) Cries.
(b) Counts the headstones.
(c) Has a cigarette.
(d) Watches the sunset.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Jenny's parents live when Jeremy first met them?

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

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

5. What is the dream that has haunted June for forty years?

(see the answer key)

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