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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?
(a) He lives there.
(b) He is there to visit Janet Christian.
(c) He is meeting helicopters from Vietnam.
(d) He arranged the murder.

2. Which of the following is not a measure Inez takes to protect her privacy?
(a) Checks into hotels under assumed names.
(b) Refuses to stay in the New York apartment alone.
(c) Scratches her name off prescription bottles.
(d) Stops frequenting a book store with too much delivery information.

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

4. Which of the following actions is not a part of Inez's mantra of forgetting?
(a) Jettison cargo.
(b) Pull shute.
(c) Eject crew.
(d) Drop fuel.

5. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?
(a) Delillo.
(b) Updike.
(c) Didion.
(d) Kesey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Didion's father's profession?

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

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

4. What type of suits does Jack Lovett customarily wear?

5. Where is Adlai attending summer school during Jessie's crisis?

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