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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is odd about the story of how June and Bernard first met and began to date?
(a) June "stole" Bernard from another woman.
(b) They met on a blind date and disliked each other.
(c) They each have a different story about it.
(d) They met by accident.

2. From what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

3. In what way did June become a spiritual person?
(a) Through an encounter with two dogs.
(b) Through a visit to Fatima.
(c) She went to India to meditate.
(d) She observed the vicious death of her pet dog.

4. What was June's job when she first encountered Bernard?
(a) French teacher for foreign diplomat's children.
(b) Interpreter and occasional translator of French documents.
(c) Socialist Party leader.
(d) Senator's secretary.

5. What does June tell Bernard shortly after they are married and Bernard kills an insect?
(a) She now hates him.
(b) She wants an annulment.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That he is a brilliant man of science.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Jeremy dedicate his memoir?

2. During June's generation, what was the worst possible thing that could happen to a girl?

3. When the teenagers take their leave, how do they do it without losing face?

4. What is it that June dreaded when thinking about marriage?

5. Why does Jeremy state that he was something of a parent at the age of seventeen?

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