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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city do Janet and Dick Ziegler's children go to school?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Amherst.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

2. What action does the narrator recall Inez Victor busying herself with on their 1975 meeting in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) Taking down a Christmas tree.
(b) Checking the air in her Mecercedes' tires.
(c) Making a fruit salad.
(d) Stuffing envelopes.

3. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Hawthorne.
(d) Twain.

4. During their 1975 visit in Kuala Lumpur, who does Inez say she speaks to every night?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Billy Dillon.
(d) Harry Victor.

5. According to Didion, with what do most island families surround themselves?
(a) Mementos.
(b) Deception.
(c) Tropical plants.
(d) Servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?

2. What special interest does Paul Dillon not allow Inez to have?

3. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?

4. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?

5. On what small detail does Billy Dillon repeatedly fixate as he describes Dwight and Ruthie Christian?

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