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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?
(a) Didion.
(b) Kesey.
(c) Updike.
(d) Delillo.

2. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Kuala Lumpur.
(d) Sarajevo.

3. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?
(a) Trollope.
(b) Melville.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Elliot.

4. Where was Inez Victor born?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, DC.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of the Christian family agrees to an interview with CBS during the 1972 campaign?

3. Which of the following actions is not a part of Inez's mantra of forgetting?

4. By what term does Janet refer to the governess that looked after Inez and her as children?

5. What is Didion's father's profession?

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