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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernard think of living in and reflecting upon the present?
(a) One can learn about life.
(b) It should be combined with the past.
(c) It is the only way to live.
(d) It is self-indulgent.

2. Why did Bernard entertain in restaurants?
(a) He loved to eat.
(b) He was a chef.
(c) He was a television personality.
(d) He was a public figure.

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

4. What is the name of the woman in the crowd who Bernard notes looks a little bit like June?
(a) Astrid.
(b) Maria.
(c) Grete.
(d) Helga.

5. What did Harper end up doing by the end of the summer of Jeremy's eighteenth birthday?
(a) He left Jean for good.
(b) He wrote his life story.
(c) He went back to college for an external degree.
(d) He took Jean and left Sally with Jeremy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two, Bernard and Jeremy see a deserted watchtower over sand that conceal land mines. What do they see there?

2. How does Bernard refer to June's preoccupation with the spiritual world in Part Two?

3. When Bernard finally thanks the person who saved him from the teenagers, how does he do it?

4. What is inferred in the last sentence of the Preface?

5. What did Jeremy realize to be the simplest way of getting back a lost parent?

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