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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?
(a) Trollope.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Melville.
(d) Dickens.

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

3. What is the name of the international group with whom Harry Victor is involved?
(a) Coalition of Free Democracies.
(b) Free Market Institute.
(c) Alliance for Democratic Institutions.
(d) The Tanner Foundation.

4. What character gives Didion a copy of the police report regarding the Paul Christian murders?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Billy Dillon.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Dwight Christian.

5. Who is the witness at the wedding of Inez and Harry Victor?
(a) Billy DIllon.
(b) Dwight Christian.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Janet Christian.

6. What romantic painter does Inez publicly state she would never hang in a Zaire embassy?
(a) Goya.
(b) Millet.
(c) Delacroix.
(d) Sargent.

7. What drug does Inez catch her daughter Jessie using in 1973?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Qualudes.

8. To what city is Inez referring when she quotes "Colors, moisture, heat..." (16)?
(a) Phnom Penh.
(b) Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Kuala Lumpur.

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

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

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

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

13. What mistake happened at a Nevada detonation Lovett mentions in Chapter 1?
(a) The detonation blew dust all over Reno.
(b) The device detonated too early.
(c) The device did not detonate.
(d) A group of campers wandered onto the detonation area.

14. The one witness interviewed at the Christian crime scene is of what connection to Janet Ziegler?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) An inlaw.
(c) Her housekeeper.
(d) Her chauffeur.

15. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?
(a) An all-you-can-eat buffet.
(b) An atomic bomb.
(c) A black hole.
(d) A weathering brook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?

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

3. The U.S. ambassador to what country is on the cover of the Newsweek Didion keeps on the writing desk?

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

5. Dwight Christian keeps a large collection of what for special occasions?

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