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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. Why does Inez not want Jessie returning on an orphan plane?
(a) It is not stopping in Hong Kong.
(b) Many of the orphans are drug mules.
(c) One recently crashed.
(d) There is no security on board.

2. An investigation into Jack Lovett's activities is spurred by reports he has contributed to the fall of what country's government?
(a) Chile.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Nicaragua.

3. At what museum did Inez work when Harry was at the Justice Department?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) Ford's Theater.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The National Gallery.

4. In what tropical city are Inez and Jack Lovett when Saigon falls?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Kuala Lumpur.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Phnom Penh.

5. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?
(a) Harry Victor.
(b) Paul Christian.
(c) Jessie Victor.
(d) Jack Lovett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following people whom Didion interviews, which is the least accessible with information?

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

3. In the false memory that was to begin Didion's first book, what does Inez Victor recall her mother doing?

4. How long after landing in Vietnam in Chapter 2 does Jack Lovett happen upon Jessie?

5. How does Harry Victor describe Inez Victor's unhappiness in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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