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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. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?
(a) Running a marathon.
(b) Sleepwalking.
(c) Being eaten away from the inside.
(d) Dancing.

2. On what small detail does Billy Dillon repeatedly fixate as he describes Dwight and Ruthie Christian?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Crackers.

3. Which of the following is not a reason that the Alliance of Democratic Institutions is losing influence in 1975?
(a) The IRS is trying to revoke its tax-exempt status.
(b) Several of its board members are under indictment.
(c) Harry Victor is seen as a political has-been.
(d) The Vietnam War is over.

4. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Paul Christian.
(c) Harry Victor.
(d) Jack Lovett.

5. On what aspect of news stories regarding southeast Asian turmoil does Didion generally focus?
(a) Dates.
(b) Photos.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Names.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Didion, with what do most island families surround themselves?

2. What romantic painter does Inez publicly state she would never hang in a Zaire embassy?

3. At what American magazine did both Joan Didion and Inez Victor work?

4. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?

5. During their 1975 visit in Kuala Lumpur, who does Inez say she speaks to every night?

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