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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 long after landing in Vietnam in Chapter 2 does Jack Lovett happen upon Jessie?
(a) He does not find her.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 30 minutes.

2. Which of the following is not an assumption Inez makes about the owner of the room in which she stays in Hong Kong?
(a) It is an American.
(b) It is a Communist.
(c) It is a woman.
(d) It is a reporter.

3. At what American magazine did both Joan Didion and Inez Victor work?
(a) Time.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Vogue.
(d) Rolling Stone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?

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

4. What was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?

5. Who does Paul Christian call immediately after shooting Janet and Omura?

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