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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does the narrator recall Inez Victor busying herself with on their 1975 meeting in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) Making a fruit salad.
(b) Stuffing envelopes.
(c) Taking down a Christmas tree.
(d) Checking the air in her Mecercedes' tires.

2. What type of food does Paul Christian constantly mention eating as proof of his poverty?
(a) Neck meat.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Buttered noodles.

3. Where do Inez and Lovett go after they leave Dwight's house in Chapter 12?
(a) The interisland ferry dock.
(b) Jack's hotel room.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The Honolulu airport.

4. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Kuala Lumpur.
(d) Tibet.

5. The U.S. ambassador to what country is on the cover of the Newsweek Didion keeps on the writing desk?
(a) Chile.
(b) Spain.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Indonesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a color of pin agencies use to denote important evacuees?

2. What do both aerialists and writers know not to do?

3. What romantic painter does Inez publicly state she would never hang in a Zaire embassy?

4. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?

5. On what aspect of news stories regarding southeast Asian turmoil does Didion generally focus?

(see the answer key)

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