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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When June tells Jeremy that she and Bernard are "obsessed", to what is she referring?
(a) Finding a cure for her.
(b) The need to gain governmental control.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their sexual life together.

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

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

4. What was Jeremy writing?
(a) A family history.
(b) Bernard's travelogues.
(c) June's memoir.
(d) His autobiography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernard look like?

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

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

4. What kind of religious service is performed at June's burial?

5. Why was Jeremy so upset just before leaving for Oxford?

(see the answer key)

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