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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two, what news does Bernard have when he calls Jeremy and Jenny at home?
(a) The Berlin Wall is coming down.
(b) He was getting remarried soon.
(c) He is leaving for a vacation in Germany.
(d) He is very ill and may be dying.

2. What does Jenny tell Jeremy when he asks why she mentioned black dogs earlier?
(a) That she cannot talk about it.
(b) That it is a family phrase.
(c) That it was a dream she had.
(d) That she had read it somewhere.

3. After Jenny and Jeremy visited Majdanek, how long was it before they spoke to one another?
(a) An hour.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) Five minutes.

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

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

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

7. In what way did Jeremy realize he had heard of Jenny's father, Bernard Tremaine?
(a) He had read his autobiography.
(b) From a chance meeting at an airport.
(c) From television talk shows.
(d) From radio programs and his biography of Nasser.

8. 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) Utopia.
(b) Peace.
(c) Communism.
(d) Down.

9. What time of day does Jeremy return to the bergerie?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Mid-afternoon.

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

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

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

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

14. How does Bernard refer to June's preoccupation with the spiritual world in Part Two?
(a) Bohemianism.
(b) New Agism.
(c) Born Again Christianity.
(d) Hocus-pocus.

15. When Bernard talks about June's wanting to living apart from him in Part Two, what does he refer to himself as?
(a) Her experiment.
(b) Her magical fantasy.
(c) One of her eggs.
(d) A thing she toyed with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bernard when a group of teenagers approach him at the Berlin Wall?

2. Who calls Jeremy late at night to give him news of Berlin?

3. Where does Jeremy stop for a beer while walking through St. Maurice?

4. How did Jenny astound Jeremy within the second week of meeting him at the convention?

5. In Part Three of the book, Jeremy asks Bernard to tell him the details of a story. Which story is that?

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