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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. What did Jeremy do for Sally?
(a) He gave her meals.
(b) He took her to school every day.
(c) He took her away from her parents.
(d) He played with and looked after her.

2. Why did Jeremy persist in his friendship with his in-laws?
(a) They were so alike in all ways.
(b) He loved them.
(c) Due to a lifetime habit of befriending parental figures.
(d) They were constantly at his home.

3. Where was June living when Jeremy was visiting her and taking notes in Part One?
(a) France.
(b) A nursing home.
(c) St. Privat.
(d) The Dolmen.

4. Why did Jeremy work so hard at studying for his A levels?
(a) To attract an older woman.
(b) He wanted to go to university and leave home.
(c) To find the right girl at a new school.
(d) He wanted to prove how smart he reallly was.

5. What kind of religious service is performed at June's burial?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Anglican.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did June discover about herself the morning after the dolmen?

2. What is the dream that has haunted June for forty years?

3. What does June believe she discovered after the incident with the dogs?

4. What was June's job when she first encountered Bernard?

5. When June tells Jeremy that she and Bernard are "obsessed", to what is she referring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thoughts are probably going through Jeremy's mind as he watches June plants flower bulbs?

2. Does Jeremy feel like a surrogate parent to Sally?

3. In what way do Jeremy and June disagree on June's reference to her story of the black dogs in Part One of the story?

4. During one of her conversations with Jeremy, June talks about her obsessive relationship with Bernard and their love for one another that could not work. How does June find peace with this?

5. When Bernard and June were not talking about their own personal world while dating, what were their conversations about?

6. 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?

7. In June's version of how she and Bernard first met, she actively pursues him, making sure that Bernard sees her when he is near his office. She even tries to make small talk with him. Why does June pursue Bernard when he does not even seem to notice her?

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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