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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Dolmen de la Prunarede?
(a) Jeremy's home town.
(b) The place where June and Bernard married.
(c) Jenny's ideal place to live.
(d) An ancient burial site that became a family site.

2. 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) He took care of his sister's only child.
(c) His girlfirend got pregnant and ran away.
(d) He wanted to become a teacher.

3. When Jeremy spoke with Bernard, how did he feel about June?
(a) He was glad he knew her.
(b) He felt sorry for her.
(c) He felt June was right in her world beliefs.
(d) He knew June was outlandishlly wrong about the world.

4. What did June discover about herself the morning after the dolmen?
(a) She had physical courage.
(b) She was a tired woman.
(c) She loved another man.
(d) She could not have children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Communism, what is one of June's other passions as a young girl?

2. Where did Toby Langley spend some of his childhood?

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

4. What did Jeremy do for Sally?

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

(see the answer key)

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