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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dream that has haunted June for forty years?
(a) Dogs falling from a gorge.
(b) Dogs chasing down rabbits.
(c) Two dogs fighting with one another.
(d) Two dogs running down a path.

2. At what age did Jeremy eventually get married?
(a) In his forties.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) In his mid-thirties.
(d) Twenty.

3. Besides Communism, what is one of June's other passions as a young girl?
(a) Reading literary novels.
(b) Financial matters.
(c) The countryside.
(d) Cricket.

4. What did Jeremy lose due to a road accident?
(a) His leg.
(b) His niece.
(c) His new car.
(d) His parents.

5. What organization did June join when she was eighteen-years-old?
(a) The John Birch Society.
(b) The Feminist Movement.
(c) The Socialist Cycling Club.
(d) The Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jeremy, looking after children is one way of what?

2. How old is Jeremy's niece at the beginning of the story?

3. Where did June and Bernard have their first pre-marital intimate encounter?

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

5. When did Sally let on that she had been abused as a child?

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