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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. What special interest does Paul Dillon not allow Inez to have?
(a) Drug abuse education.
(b) Art preservation.
(c) Endangered species.
(d) Refugees.

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

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

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

5. How does Jack Lovett's first wife describe his career to friends?
(a) International exporter.
(b) Army officer.
(c) Adventurer.
(d) Legal aid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what tropical city are Inez and Jack Lovett when Saigon falls?

3. To what city is Inez referring when she quotes "Colors, moisture, heat..." (16)?

4. What word does Jack Lovett use to describe Inez Victor when he discusses her with Didion?

5. In what location are men like Jack Lovett always comfortable, according to Didion?

(see the answer key)

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