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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) One of her eggs.
(c) Her magical fantasy.
(d) A thing she toyed with.

4. What does Bernard tell Jeremy they are standing near when they come upon a very large hole?
(a) Hitler's bunker.
(b) An old Gestapo headquarters.
(c) The Nazi Party's last battle with the enemy.
(d) A mass grave site for Russian soldiers.

5. Jeremy hears a running conversation in his head while in the bergerie, alone. Who is talking in his head?
(a) June and Jenny.
(b) Jenny and he.
(c) June and Bernard.
(d) Sally and Jean.

6. What are Jeremy and Bernard walking towards in Part Two to get to a better section of the Wall?
(a) Towards the media trucks.
(b) The Brandenburg Gate.
(c) The East Berlin police headquarters.
(d) Checkpoint Charlie.

7. What was Bernard's attitude towards the insect and, as he understands now, most things and June?
(a) Humorous and carefree.
(b) Loving and highly emotional.
(c) Unresponsive and quiet.
(d) Unemotional and arrogant.

8. What were Bernard's feelings about June's commitment to the Communist Party after the incident with the insect in Part Two?
(a) That she had her own strange ideas and might not stick with it.
(b) That she had only pretended to believe in it all along.
(c) That she was more committed than he was.
(d) He saw her leaning toward the defunct Nazi Party.

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

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

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

12. When Bernard finally thanks the person who saved him from the teenagers, how does he do it?
(a) He thanks her without looking at her face.
(b) He only smiles.
(c) He offers her money as a thank you gift.
(d) He kisses her hand in thanks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jeremy and Jenny first meet?

2. Why was Jeremy hesitant to visit Majdanek?

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

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

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

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