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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom does Inez Victor abruptly leave Honolulu in 1975?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Harry Victor.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Joan Didion.

3. When Billy Dillon and Inez Victor visit Paul Christian, how does Paul say his brother must be celebrating?
(a) Breaking out the champagne.
(b) Killing the fatted calf.
(c) Dancing in the street.
(d) Saying thanks to the lord.

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

5. What word does Jack Lovett use to describe Inez Victor when he discusses her with Didion?
(a) Fragile.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Noble.
(d) Resilient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a color of pin agencies use to denote important evacuees?

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

3. With what word does Paul Christian describe the actions of the police toward him?

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

5. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?

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