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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jeremy state he intended to originally end the memoir he is writing?
(a) After his visit to a concentration camp.
(b) When he realizes that June and Bernard would never reconcile.
(c) After he gets up to leave the dolmen, taking a different path than his in-laws did.
(d) At the point where he marries Jenny.

2. In Part Two, Bernard and Jeremy see a deserted watchtower over sand that conceal land mines. What do they see there?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Rats.
(c) A child running.
(d) Nothing but memories.

3. How does Jenny react when Jeremy tells her that he thinks he is going mad with listening to these conversations in his head?
(a) She implies that she will rush over to be with him.
(b) She lets him know that he asked for it.
(c) She cries.
(d) She tells him to rush to a hospital.

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

5. In Part Two, what does Bernard say he misses most about June?
(a) Her ability to cope with stress.
(b) Her seriousness about life.
(c) Her carefree spirit.
(d) Her laughter.

6. When Bernard and Jeremy are at the Berlin Wall, why are some of the crowd watching and listening to them both?
(a) Jeremy is yelling at Bernard about love.
(b) Bernard is crying loudly, asking for June.
(c) Jeremy is screaming that Bernard is the father he never had.
(d) They are hitting one another in the arm.

7. Where do Jeremy and the father in the hotel restaurant go after speaking?
(a) To the kitchen.
(b) Outside.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Back to their tables.

8. What does Mme. Auriac give the little boy who got hurt?
(a) Bandages.
(b) A cold soda.
(c) An ice pack.
(d) Ice cream.

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

10. In Part Three of the book, Jeremy asks Bernard to tell him the details of a story. Which story is that?
(a) How June acted in the Hotel des Tilleuls.
(b) The story of Hitler's invasion of France.
(c) The truth behind Bernard's injured leg.
(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. What did the sign posted outside of Majdanek's main entrance not mention?
(a) Americans had died there.
(b) That Jews had died there.
(c) Black dogs were once there.
(d) It was once a concentration camp.

13. Where did Jeremy and Jenny first meet?
(a) In Poland.
(b) In France.
(c) In Brussels.
(d) In England.

14. In Part Two when Bernard questions Jeremy about what June spoke of when they discussed the memoir, what does he ask?
(a) How she felt about dying alone.
(b) If she spoke about their lives in a very personal way.
(c) If she had turned back to Communism in the end.
(d) Whether religion was something she really believed in.

15. What feeling does Jeremy get when he enters the family chalet?
(a) He feels uneasy, as though he is being watched.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is filled with peace at being there.
(d) He is overcome with exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the teenagers take their leave, how do they do it without losing face?

3. What happens to the boy having dinner at the hotel?

4. How does Bernard react to Jeremy's knowledge of where they had met the women who helped Bernard get to a taxi?

5. What was Bernard's attitude towards the insect and, as he understands now, most things and June?

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