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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jeremy spoke with Bernard, how did he feel about June?
(a) He felt June was right in her world beliefs.
(b) He knew June was outlandishlly wrong about the world.
(c) He was glad he knew her.
(d) He felt sorry for her.

2. What disease was June dying of?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Pancreatic Cancer.
(c) Cardiovascular Disease.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

3. In the Preface, what liberty does Jeremy report that he takes in his book?
(a) He recounts certain conversations.
(b) He writes about his dead parents.
(c) He explains his affair with another woman.
(d) He describes his home life with Jenny.

4. Bernard tells people that June believes the dogs she encountered on the path were something other than just dogs. What were they?
(a) Angels.
(b) Poltergeists.
(c) Satan's familiars.
(d) The ghosts of her parents.

5. How old is Jeremy's niece at the beginning of the story?
(a) Newborn.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jeremy writing?

2. In what way were June and Bernard alike in the beginning of their relationship?

3. Why does Jeremy go knocking on his friend, Toby's, door?

4. What was it about the photograph of June and Bernard that Jeremy kept looking at that was so appealing to him?

5. From what point of view is the novel written?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Bernard's version of how he and June first met, he says that he could see no point in her job, therefore he did not notice her at all. In his world, she did not even exist until someone told him that she was beautiful. What might this say about Bernard's personality?

2. Although June and Bernard appear to be living separate lives in Part One, why does Bernard visit her and want news of her from Jeremy?

3. Why does Jeremy state that he naturally identifies with an abandoned child like Sally?

4. How does Jeremy feel about his friends' parents?

5. What was it about his friends' parents that interested Jeremy?

6. How did Jeremy feel about leaving home for Oxford and being free to live on his own?

7. In Part One, we know that Jeremy is a bit obsessed with looking at a photograph of June and Bernard that June keeps in her bedroom in the nursing home. What are Jeremy's predominant thoughts when he views the photo?

8. When Bernard's grandson, Alexander, asks his cousin, Harry, at June's burial when his grandma will be coming back, how does Harry's answer nearly sum up June's and Bernard's relationship problems?

9. Describe Jeremy's method of spending time with his friends' parents.

10. Why is Jeremy in such discomfort at a point in Part One when June is speaking to him of God and religion?

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