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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During June's generation, what was the worst possible thing that could happen to a girl?
(a) Becoming a nun.
(b) Getting a divorce.
(c) Not being married by the age of 25.
(d) Being pregnant outside of marriage.

2. What is it that Jeremy's young son, Alexander, keeps asking on the car ride to the cemetery?
(a) "Are we there yet?"
(b) "Why did Grandma die?"
(c) "WIll Grandpa die too?"
(d) "When is she coming back?"

3. When Bernard finally thanks the person who saved him from the teenagers, how does he do it?
(a) He kisses her hand in thanks.
(b) He thanks her without looking at her face.
(c) He only smiles.
(d) He offers her money as a thank you gift.

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

5. How long did Bernard stay in the Communist Party?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) All his life so far.

Short Answer Questions

1. June and Bernard had another obsession. What was it?

2. Bernard leaves the grave site to walk toward a yew tree in the cemetery. What does he do there?

3. At the cultural convention where Jeremy first met Jenny, why were the men "in a race" to get to Jenny first?

4. In what way did Jeremy realize he had heard of Jenny's father, Bernard Tremaine?

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

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