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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Jeremy do for Sally?
(a) He gave her meals.
(b) He took her away from her parents.
(c) He took her to school every day.
(d) He played with and looked after her.

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

4. In Part 1, what is it that Jeremy is thinking as he stares at June's photograph as a young newlywed?
(a) How much she had changed.
(b) How beautiful she still was.
(c) That she looks better now than she did then.
(d) That she looks happier now than she did then.

5. What were June and Bernard doing at the time the photograph in Part One was taken?
(a) They had just secretly eloped.
(b) They were taking in the sights of Paris.
(c) Bernard had just told June that he loved her.
(d) They signed up as members of the Communist Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard leaves the grave site to walk toward a yew tree in the cemetery. What does he do there?

2. In the Preface, what liberty does Jeremy report that he takes in his book?

3. What are Jeremy and Bernard walking towards in Part Two to get to a better section of the Wall?

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

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

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