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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?
(a) Has conferences with struggling students.
(b) Calls Inez in New York.
(c) Eats a grapfruit.
(d) Reads several papers.

2. How does Harry Victor describe Inez Victor's unhappiness in Chapter 9?
(a) Contagious.
(b) False.
(c) Palpable.
(d) Chronic.

3. What drug does Inez catch her daughter Jessie using in 1973?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Qualudes.
(d) Heroin.

4. When does Didion say is a good time for women in their forties?
(a) Breakfast on a Saturday in fall.
(b) Brunch on a Wednesday in spring.
(c) Dinner on a Friday in winter.
(d) Lunchtime on a Sunday in summer.

5. To whom had Paul Christian been making frequent cryptic phone calls in the weeks leading up to the shooting?
(a) Inez Victor.
(b) Ruthie Christian.
(c) Dick Ziegler.
(d) Wendell Omura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters does not accompany Harry Victor to Jakarta in 1969?

2. During their 1975 visit in Kuala Lumpur, who does Inez say she speaks to every night?

3. The one witness interviewed at the Christian crime scene is of what connection to Janet Ziegler?

4. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?

5. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?

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