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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. What does Billy Dillon do on the flight to Honolulu to calm himself?
(a) Reads the Bible.
(b) Takes one of Inez's Valiums.
(c) Plays solitaire.
(d) Drinks.

2. According to Didion, what city is en route to nowhere?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Phnom Penh.
(c) Kuala Lumpur.
(d) Honolulu.

3. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?
(a) He is meeting helicopters from Vietnam.
(b) He is there to visit Janet Christian.
(c) He lives there.
(d) He arranged the murder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the girl who is seriously injured in a car accident with Adlai?

3. Why does Didion think Inez wants to see her at the end of the chapter?

4. In what paper does Didion first read about the Paul Christian murders?

5. Who does Paul Christian pretend to be in the cable he sends to Inez Victor in 1975?

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