View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character gives Didion a copy of the police report regarding the Paul Christian murders?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Billy Dillon.
(c) Dwight Christian.
(d) Jessie Victor.

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

3. From where in Honolulu does Paul Christian call the police to turn himself in?
(a) A movie theatre.
(b) His house.
(c) The airport.
(d) The YMCA.

4. Who was Paul Christian talking to at a Victor fundraiser, whom he thought was rude for not responding?
(a) A Secret Service man.
(b) A Korean businessman.
(c) A Tibetan monk.
(d) A deaf Vietnam vet.

5. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom had Paul Christian been making frequent cryptic phone calls in the weeks leading up to the shooting?

2. Who is the witness at the wedding of Inez and Harry Victor?

3. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?

4. In what periodical does Billy Dillon discover an Omura involved in the container business?

5. What comic book character do soldiers name the nuclear device that Lovett recalls being detonated?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample