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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Inez's list of stars, what is the tenth and last to have been?
(a) North star.
(b) Twinkling star.
(c) Meridian star.
(d) Night star.

3. What event were Inez and Jack attending when they first met?
(a) A ballet.
(b) The christening of a ship.
(c) An inauguration.
(d) A debutante ball.

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

5. 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) Scratches her name off prescription bottles.
(c) Checks into hotels under assumed names.
(d) Refuses to stay in the New York apartment alone.

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

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

8. What special interest does Paul Dillon not allow Inez to have?
(a) Endangered species.
(b) Drug abuse education.
(c) Refugees.
(d) Art preservation.

9. What type of sportsman does Jack Victor prophesy Inez Christian will marry?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A football player.
(c) A lacrosse player.
(d) A squash player.

10. On what aspect of news stories regarding southeast Asian turmoil does Didion generally focus?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Names.
(c) Dates.
(d) Photos.

11. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Hawthorne.
(c) Twain.
(d) Faulkner.

12. How long has Inez Victor been married to Harry as of 1975?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

13. With whom does Inez Victor abruptly leave Honolulu in 1975?
(a) Joan Didion.
(b) Harry Victor.
(c) Jessie Victor.
(d) Jack Lovett.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Inez's daily political life in this chapter?

2. Which of the following Christians is Inez Victor's grandmother?

3. What is Harry Victor's first governmental office?

4. What does Lovett say is the only way Harry and his associates believe something is true?

5. Who are the real "wildcards" in Jack Lovett's estimation (37)?

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