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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Harry have to leave Jakarta suddenly?
(a) Harry's mother takes ill suddenly.
(b) A grenade is lobbed at the embassy.
(c) The Indonesian king asks him to leave.
(d) He is being burned in effigy outside.

2. Where was Inez Victor born?
(a) New York.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Washington, DC.

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

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

5. In her happy memory, where does Inez spend a day with her children while her husband is in Saigon?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Phnom Penh.
(d) Bangkok.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?

2. In what year does the Chapter 1 conversation take place?

3. Frances Landau is said to be the grand niece of the first Jew ever to serve on what?

4. How does Jack Lovett's first wife describe his career to friends?

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

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