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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 each have a different story about it.
(d) They met on a blind date and disliked each other.

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

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

4. In the Preface, what liberty does Jeremy report that he takes in his book?
(a) He recounts certain conversations.
(b) He explains his affair with another woman.
(c) He describes his home life with Jenny.
(d) He writes about his dead parents.

5. What disease was June dying of?
(a) Pancreatic Cancer.
(b) Cardiovascular Disease.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

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

7. Where did Jenny's parents live when Jeremy first met them?
(a) In the South of France.
(b) In separate countries.
(c) In Australia.
(d) In North London.

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

9. Why does Jeremy go knocking on his friend, Toby's, door?
(a) To spend time with Toby's parents.
(b) To go drinking at Notting Hill.
(c) To hang out.
(d) To have a game of ball.

10. What was one of the reasons Jeremy did not pursue girls at the age of seventeen?
(a) He was busy with two jobs.
(b) He felt he was not good looking enough.
(c) It would distract him from his school work.
(d) He was not attracted to them.

11. From what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

12. How does Jeremy react to hearing June talk like a Californian professional or a dazed hippie?
(a) He wants to hear more.
(b) He is disgusted.
(c) He is uncomfortable.
(d) He asks to tape record her.

13. What organization did June join when she was eighteen-years-old?
(a) The Socialist Cycling Club.
(b) The John Birch Society.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The Feminist Movement.

14. From what year is the framed photograph on June Tremaine's locker by her bed in the nursing home?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1989.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jeremy realize to be the simplest way of getting back a lost parent?

2. Why did Bernard entertain in restaurants?

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

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

5. In Part One, what do we learn about Bernard's current political views?

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