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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Jeremy state he intended to originally end the memoir he is writing?
2. After leaving Berlin and Bernard, where does Jeremy go?
3. What symbol do some of the teenage boys who harass Bernard have on their selves?
4. When the father of the small boy at dinner lights a cigarette, why does that give Jeremy a tiny bit of relief?
5. Where does Jeremy stop for a beer while walking through St. Maurice?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Bernard recalls the story in Part Two of him and June standing on the train platform and he asks June to give him a dragonfly, how does June know that Bernard wants to kill it?
2. When Jeremy and Bernard share a cab to the airport, what do they talk about?
3. When Bernard calls Jeremy and Jenny to tell them the Berlin Wall is coming down, how do they react?
4. When Bernard and Jeremy get the key from Gunter to an apartment they will stay at in Berlin, how is Gunter right when he tells them it is not a good idea to go to the Wall?
5. When Jeremy and Bernard begin to discuss things that June told Jeremy for her memoir, what is Bernard's initial reaction?
6. What would be an apt description of the small family staying at the hotel?
7. What is it that Jeremy mulls over as having discouraged him from rushing to open the electrical cupboard to turn on the lights, and why?
8. When Bernard and June are waiting at the train station to go into Arles, why do they walk into town instead of continuing to wait?
9. When Jeremy first meets Jenny at a convention, why is that he can't get to speak to her alone?
10. Bernard talks to Jeremy about he and June staying in a little town on their way home from Italy and on the way to the gorge. Bernard had been with only June for hours without any time alone. How does he feel when he goes out for a walk and is alone with his thoughts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the story that the Maire told about the black dogs is explained, how does this affect June? How does it explain the dogs she saw and her premonition about them?
Essay Topic 2
When a tough girl in leather saves Bernard from nearly being killed by a gang of boys in Berlin, who did that girl represent? Why? Does Bernard believe in this symbol?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast June and Bernard's personalities and belief systems.
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