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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) Checking the air in her Mecercedes' tires.
(b) Stuffing envelopes.
(c) Taking down a Christmas tree.
(d) Making a fruit salad.

2. Where was Inez Victor born?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) New York.
(d) Hawaii.

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

4. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?
(a) Wendell Omura.
(b) Janet Christian.
(c) Harry Victor.
(d) Jack Lovett.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?
(a) Kesey.
(b) Didion.
(c) Updike.
(d) Delillo.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Which member of her family will Inez visit in the hospital within a couple hours of landing?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Janet.
(c) Paul.
(d) Dwight.

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

15. What happens to Paul Christian after he sends the cable to Inez?
(a) He takes in a film.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He flees Hawaii for Thailand.
(d) He is committed to an insane asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adlai attending summer school during Jessie's crisis?

2. Which of the following actions is not a part of Inez's mantra of forgetting?

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

4. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?

5. In her happy memory, where does Inez spend a day with her children while her husband is in Saigon?

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