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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Janet's house is the body of Wendell Omura found?
(a) In the pool.
(b) In the bed.
(c) On the couch.
(d) Behind the bar.

2. In the famous footage of Inez dancing, which famous New York building is she atop?
(a) The Dakota.
(b) The St. Regis.
(c) The San Remo.
(d) The Met.

3. Why does Harry have to leave Jakarta suddenly?
(a) A grenade is lobbed at the embassy.
(b) Harry's mother takes ill suddenly.
(c) The Indonesian king asks him to leave.
(d) He is being burned in effigy outside.

4. Dwight Christian keeps a large collection of what for special occasions?
(a) Cars.
(b) Quotations.
(c) Wine.
(d) Magic tricks.

5. What is Inez's date doing when Jack Lovett happens upon them in a cane field?
(a) Kissing her neck.
(b) Singing to himself.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Vomiting.

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

7. What action does the narrator recall Inez Victor busying herself with on their 1975 meeting in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) Taking down a Christmas tree.
(b) Making a fruit salad.
(c) Stuffing envelopes.
(d) Checking the air in her Mecercedes' tires.

8. What type of suits does Jack Lovett customarily wear?
(a) Leisure.
(b) Three-piece.
(c) Seersucker.
(d) Pinstripe.

9. What is Didion's father's profession?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Actuary.
(c) Economist.
(d) Geologist.

10. What is Inez Victor's maiden name?
(a) Bouvier.
(b) Christian.
(c) Samson.
(d) Krauss.

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

12. Where is Adlai attending summer school during Jessie's crisis?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Peoria.
(c) Austin.
(d) Colorado Springs.

13. Which of the following is not a measure Inez takes to protect her privacy?
(a) Stops frequenting a book store with too much delivery information.
(b) Refuses to stay in the New York apartment alone.
(c) Scratches her name off prescription bottles.
(d) Checks into hotels under assumed names.

14. What tropical periodical has been banned in 1969?
(a) Micronesian Journal.
(b) Straits Times.
(c) Bangkok Tribune.
(d) Jakarta Dispatch.

15. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?
(a) Running a marathon.
(b) Sleepwalking.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Being eaten away from the inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of her family will Inez visit in the hospital within a couple hours of landing?

2. With whom does Inez Victor abruptly leave Honolulu in 1975?

3. According to one of Carol Christian's axioms, what does a woman blowing smoke at a man mean?

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

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

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