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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what way were June and Bernard alike in the beginning of their relationship?
(a) They both enjoyed theater and music.
(b) They were very spiritual.
(c) They were both communists.
(d) They were ophans.

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

4. When Jeremy asks Bernard if he wants to sit and rest for a while as they make their way to a cafe, why does Bernard leave his side?
(a) To hurry towards the cafe on his own.
(b) To go towards a man with a Communist flag who is holding up traffic.
(c) To make a speech about Communism's fall to small crowd.
(d) To chat with the American soldiers.

5. Why did Bernard entertain in restaurants?
(a) He was a public figure.
(b) He was a television personality.
(c) He was a chef.
(d) He loved to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jeremy think of his friends' need to disassociate themselves from their parents?

2. How old is Jeremy's niece at the beginning of the story?

3. Bernard quotes some lines attributed to Isaiah Berlin to Jeremy. What are they about?

4. What finally drew Bernard away from the Communist Party?

5. When a group of teenagers surround Bernard, what does he tell them?

(see the answer key)

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