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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Bernard and Jeremy look out over the border and the Wall from an observation stand in Part Two, what one word does Jeremy have to say?
(a) Down.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Communism.
(d) Peace.

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

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

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

6. Where did Jenny want to go while at the convention?
(a) To a concentration camp.
(b) Home.
(c) To Krakow.
(d) To the movie theatre.

7. How long did Bernard stay in the Communist Party?
(a) All his life so far.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Thirty years.

8. What is it about a small boy dining at the hotel that touches Jeremy?
(a) The boy is very obedient to his family.
(b) The boy's friendliless towards everyone.
(c) Jeremy has a grown-up conversation with him.
(d) He feels the boy's loneliness.

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

10. What is the name of the Hotel des Tilleuls' owner?
(a) Monique Auriac.
(b) Maurice Navacelles.
(c) Danielle Bertrand.
(d) Francois Gauloises.

11. What was Jeremy's reason for his five hour walk to the dolmen?
(a) To recreate Bernard and June's love before their big quarrel began.
(b) To consider his relationship with Jenny.
(c) To allign himself with nature the way June and Bernard once did.
(d) To exercise in a spot he knew well.

12. About how many people have gathered to watch the Berlin Wall fall in Part Two?
(a) 800.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 75,000.

13. Upon Jeremy's return to the hotel after his walk to the dolmen, what does he overhear in the kitchen?
(a) The owners arguing over him.
(b) A love spat between a husband and wife.
(c) A drunken brawl.
(d) Talk of the lack of food for the evening's dinner.

14. What symbol do some of the teenage boys who harass Bernard have on their selves?
(a) Swastikas.
(b) Sickle and hammers.
(c) Peace signs.
(d) Skull and crossbones.

15. What deformity did Jenny have at birth?
(a) A dent in her forehead.
(b) A cleft mouth.
(c) A sixth finger on one hand.
(d) One toe missing on her right foot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mme. Auriac give to Jeremy while waiting for the police to arrive?

3. What does Jeremy ask Bernard when he speaks of June and Bernard's love for one another?

4. What does June tell Bernard shortly after they are married and Bernard kills an insect?

5. Why does Bernard stare at girls on the street?

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