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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 the false memory that was to begin Didion's first book, what does Inez Victor recall her mother doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Crying.

2. Who informs Inez of the shootings?
(a) Billy Dillon.
(b) Jack Lovett.
(c) Dwight Christian.
(d) Harry Victor.

3. What does Lovett say is the only way Harry and his associates believe something is true?
(a) They read it in the papers.
(b) They hear it from the the FBI.
(c) They see it with their own eyes.
(d) They find a way to make money from it.

4. What do both aerialists and writers know not to do?
(a) Look down.
(b) Work without a net.
(c) Move too fast.
(d) Overextend themselves.

5. Why does Didion think Inez wants to see her at the end of the chapter?
(a) To get Lovett's defense to the public.
(b) To apologize.
(c) To admit something about 1975.
(d) To tell her she is marrying Jack Lovett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Soebadio remove from Jack Lovett's jacket before he seals the body-bag?

2. Why is the helicopter engineer back in Vietnam after two years in the US?

3. On the radio interview to which Inez listens in this chapter, the analyst sums up America's position in Vietnam with what phrase?

4. What adjective do Billy Dillon and the Christian family repeatedly use to describe the absent Inez in Chapter 12?

5. In addition to methadone, what service does Jessie's last rehab program provide?

(see the answer key)

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