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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Bernard stare at girls on the street?
(a) He is attracted to beautiful young women.
(b) He thinks of his daughter, Jenny.
(c) He is looking for a trace of the old June.
(d) He wonders if they could be converted to the Party.

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

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

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

6. Why was Jeremy hesitant to visit Majdanek?
(a) He was reluctant to spend the money.
(b) He did not have the time.
(c) He did not understand why anyone would go there.
(d) He had been to Belsen once and that was enough for him.

7. Bernard quotes some lines attributed to Isaiah Berlin to Jeremy. What are they about?
(a) The fatal quality of utopia.
(b) The risks of Communism.
(c) Hitler's Nazi Party.
(d) Freedom of choice for all people.

8. 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) The story of Hitler's invasion of France.
(c) How June acted in the Hotel des Tilleuls.
(d) The Maire's story about the dogs.

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

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

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

12. 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) They are silent for a few moments.
(c) They stop completely.
(d) There is violent yelling.

13. What finally drew Bernard away from the Communist Party?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The contradictions between the reality and the fantasy of it.
(c) The difficulty in traveling to Russia.
(d) June did.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Bernard stay in the Communist Party?

2. When Jenny told Jeremy she considered him a friend and touched his hand, what happened next?

3. What is the name of the woman in the crowd who Bernard notes looks a little bit like June?

4. What were Bernard's feelings about June's commitment to the Communist Party after the incident with the insect in Part Two?

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

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