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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what tropical city are Inez and Jack Lovett when Saigon falls?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Jakarta.
(c) Phnom Penh.
(d) Honolulu.

2. In what year does the Chapter 1 conversation take place?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1960.

3. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?
(a) Harry Victor.
(b) Janet Christian.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Wendell Omura.

4. What comic book character do soldiers name the nuclear device that Lovett recalls being detonated?
(a) Superman.
(b) Lil' Abner.
(c) Green Lantern.
(d) Wonder Woman.

5. What mistake happened at a Nevada detonation Lovett mentions in Chapter 1?
(a) The device did not detonate.
(b) The device detonated too early.
(c) The detonation blew dust all over Reno.
(d) A group of campers wandered onto the detonation area.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is the island that Lovett describes in Chapter 1?

3. In the false memory that was to begin Didion's first book, what does Inez Victor recall her mother doing?

4. Where was Inez Victor born?

5. What name does Didion use as a stand-in for all the shared associates of men like Jack Lovett?

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