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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Checks into hotels under assumed names.
(d) Scratches her name off prescription bottles.

5. Which of the following actions is not a part of Inez's mantra of forgetting?
(a) Eject crew.
(b) Jettison cargo.
(c) Drop fuel.
(d) Pull shute.

6. By what term does Janet refer to the governess that looked after Inez and her as children?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Our girl.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Lady-in-waiting.

7. What comic book character do soldiers name the nuclear device that Lovett recalls being detonated?
(a) Wonder Woman.
(b) Green Lantern.
(c) Lil' Abner.
(d) Superman.

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

9. According to Inez, what is the major casualty of public life?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Memory.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Integrity.

10. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Tibet.

11. Frances Landau is said to be the grand niece of the first Jew ever to serve on what?
(a) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) The Supreme Court.
(c) A Presidential cabinet.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Met.

12. To what song is Inez Victor dancing the famous WNBC footage?
(a) Isn't It Romantic.
(b) Dancing Cheek to Cheek.
(c) In the Still of the Night.
(d) Sittin' on Top of the World.

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

14. What action does the airline representative have difficulty doing when he meets Inez Victor in the rain?
(a) Taking her bag.
(b) Putting on her lei.
(c) Crossing her name off the manifest.
(d) Shaking her hand.

15. In what location are men like Jack Lovett always comfortable, according to Didion?
(a) Consulate.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Desert.
(d) Bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Jack Lovett use to describe Inez Victor when he discusses her with Didion?

2. What tropical periodical has been banned in 1969?

3. During their 1975 visit in Kuala Lumpur, who does Inez say she speaks to every night?

4. What is the name of the international group with whom Harry Victor is involved?

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

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