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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mme. Auriac give to Jeremy while waiting for the police to arrive?
(a) His dessert.
(b) A kiss on the cheek.
(c) A cognac.
(d) Ice cream.

2. Who calls Jeremy late at night to give him news of Berlin?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Harper.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Sally.

3. How does Bernard react to Jeremy's knowledge of where they had met the women who helped Bernard get to a taxi?
(a) He wants to track them down and get their phone numbers.
(b) Upset that he will not see them again.
(c) With great anxiety and fear.
(d) He calls it a coincidence and changes the subject.

4. Jeremy believes the man in the crowd holding a Communist flag is of a certain nationality. What is it?
(a) Russian.
(b) American.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Egyptian.

5. After leaving Berlin and Bernard, where does Jeremy go?
(a) To Potsdmerplatz.
(b) To the Hotel Wisla.
(c) To the bergerie.
(d) Home to Jenny and the chidren.

6. At the cultural convention where Jeremy first met Jenny, why were the men "in a race" to get to Jenny first?
(a) She was beautiful, the only woman there, and very distant towards them.
(b) She was the prettiest woman out of the five other women there.
(c) She flirted with all of the men there.
(d) She was pretty, extremely fun to be with, and outgoing.

7. Where does Jeremy realize he and Bernard had seen the woman and her friend who helps them to a taxi?
(a) At the Dolmen.
(b) In London years ago.
(c) As part of the group of teenagers.
(d) At the Brandenburg Gate.

8. Who holds the little boy who fell to the floor?
(a) The waitress.
(b) The cook.
(c) Mme. Auriac.
(d) The woman from Paris.

9. Who ends up saving Bernard from the teenagers?
(a) A West German policeman.
(b) A young woman who yells at them.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) An East German policeman.

10. In Part Three of the book, Jeremy asks Bernard to tell him the details of a story. Which story is that?
(a) The truth behind Bernard's injured leg.
(b) How June acted in the Hotel des Tilleuls.
(c) The story of Hitler's invasion of France.
(d) The Maire's story about the dogs.

11. When do Jenny and Jeremy end up getting married?
(a) They never actually marry.
(b) Ten months after they first meet.
(c) The day after their first excursion together.
(d) Three years after meeting.

12. How did Jenny astound Jeremy within the second week of meeting him at the convention?
(a) She told him she wanted to marry him one day.
(b) She spit into his face for no reason.
(c) She asked him to go with her to Lublin.
(d) She kissed him in front of all the men "in the race".

13. When a group of teenagers surround Bernard, what does he tell them?
(a) To take off and leave.
(b) To explain their tatoos.
(c) To take pity on him.
(d) To march with the crowd.

14. When Jeremy tries to get some words in edgewise during the conversation he is overhearing, what do the voices do?
(a) They completely ignore him.
(b) There is violent yelling.
(c) They stop completely.
(d) They are silent for a few moments.

15. What happens to the boy having dinner at the hotel?
(a) He is beaten by his father.
(b) He is attacked by dogs.
(c) He throws up his dinner.
(d) He faints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy do with the father who had been eating dinner with his family?

2. When Bernard and Jeremy are at the Berlin Wall, why are some of the crowd watching and listening to them both?

3. When Jeremy, in Part Two, tells Bernard what June spoke about in a personal way about the two of them, how does Bernard react?

4. When Jeremy speaks to the father eating dinner in the hotel, what grammatical error does he make?

5. While Jeremy is eating dinner at the hotel, who are the other guests in the dining room with him?

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