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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. Whose housing development was Wendell Omura blocking?
(a) Jack Lovett's.
(b) Dwight Christian's.
(c) Dick Ziegler's.
(d) Paul Christian's.

2. What appointment does Harry Victor turn down to run for President?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) President of the World Bank.
(c) An ambassadorship.
(d) Representative to the U.N.

3. What type of enterprise does Jack Lovett consider war?
(a) Serendipitous.
(b) Commercial.
(c) Political.
(d) Moral.

4. What does Billy Dillon want to avoid above all else regarding Paul Christian?
(a) Further media coverage.
(b) A court trial.
(c) His releasing his story to the papers.
(d) His being imprisoned in Honolulu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long does Inez stay in Hong Kong?

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

3. In Chapter 9, what has Inez not done for nearly two days?

4. What does Jack Victor jokingly call Inez because of her careful word choice?

5. What does Jack Lovett tell Jessie they are doing to get her to an airplane?

(see the answer key)

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