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

2. 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 cries.
(b) She implies that she will rush over to be with him.
(c) She tells him to rush to a hospital.
(d) She lets him know that he asked for it.

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

4. What happens to Bernard when a group of teenagers approach him at the Berlin Wall?
(a) He is called names and becomes embarassed.
(b) He gets kicked in the shin and falls down.
(c) He is beaten to death.
(d) He is dragged through the streets by his legs.

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) June and Bernard.
(c) Sally and Jean.
(d) Jenny and he.

6. What did the sign posted outside of Majdanek's main entrance not mention?
(a) Black dogs were once there.
(b) Americans had died there.
(c) It was once a concentration camp.
(d) That Jews had died there.

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

8. 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) June did.
(d) The difficulty in traveling to Russia.

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 leaving for a vacation in Germany.
(c) The Berlin Wall is coming down.
(d) He is very ill and may be dying.

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

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

12. Why won't Bernard make conversation with the taxi driver who takes him to the airport?
(a) He does not speak French.
(b) He is too "real" and "common" for Bernard to deal with.
(c) Bernard is afraid the argument will get violent.
(d) Bernard does not want to pay the fare.

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

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

15. When Jenny told Jeremy she considered him a friend and touched his hand, what happened next?
(a) He backed away.
(b) He kissed her.
(c) He told her he had a girlfriend in England.
(d) He stood still, not knowing what to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Hotel des Tilleuls' owner?

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

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

4. When the father of the small boy at dinner lights a cigarette, why does that give Jeremy a tiny bit of relief?

5. What does Bernard tell Jeremy they are standing near when they come upon a very large hole?

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