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

2. In the false memory that was to begin Didion's first book, what does Inez Victor recall her mother doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

3. What color does Jack Lovett recall the sky being during the Pacific nuclear tests?
(a) Orange.
(b) Gray.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

4. What type of suits does Jack Lovett customarily wear?
(a) Pinstripe.
(b) Seersucker.
(c) Three-piece.
(d) Leisure.

5. Which member of his own family does Paul Christian eventually kill?
(a) Carol.
(b) Cissy.
(c) Janet.
(d) Dwight.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one of Carol Christian's axioms, what does a woman blowing smoke at a man mean?

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

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

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

5. Which of the following Christians is Inez Victor's grandmother?

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