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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Inez's list of stars, what is the tenth and last to have been?
(a) North star.
(b) Night star.
(c) Meridian star.
(d) Twinkling star.

2. What Bing Crosby song will play on the radio to announce Saigon's evacuation?
(a) Swinging On a Star.
(b) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
(c) Blue Skies.
(d) Don't Fence Me In.

3. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?
(a) A black hole.
(b) An all-you-can-eat buffet.
(c) A weathering brook.
(d) An atomic bomb.

4. According to Didion, with what do most island families surround themselves?
(a) Servants.
(b) Tropical plants.
(c) Deception.
(d) Mementos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday do Jack Lovett and Inez Victor travel to Hong Kong?

2. What does Inez suspect is happening throughout the Pacific as Jack Lovett's body is transported?

3. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?

4. What happens to Paul Christian after he sends the cable to Inez?

5. In her happy memory, where does Inez spend a day with her children while her husband is in Saigon?

(see the answer key)

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