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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Australia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Hawaii.

4. The U.S. ambassador to what country is on the cover of the Newsweek Didion keeps on the writing desk?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Chile.
(c) Spain.
(d) Indonesia.

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

6. According to one of Carol Christian's axioms, what does a woman blowing smoke at a man mean?
(a) She wants him to leave.
(b) She is tired.
(c) She likes him.
(d) She has something important to say.

7. Who does Paul Christian pretend to be in the cable he sends to Inez Victor in 1975?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Janet Ziegler.
(c) Wendell Omura.
(d) Dwight Christian.

8. What is Harry Victor's first governmental office?
(a) Justice department.
(b) Lieutenant governor.
(c) Representative for Hawaii.
(d) State senator.

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

10. Who are the real "wildcards" in Jack Lovett's estimation (37)?
(a) Rogue states.
(b) Non-state actors.
(c) Neutral nations.
(d) The Cambodians.

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

12. What does the Victor contingent believe Jack Lovett does for a living?
(a) He is a military officer.
(b) He is an investment banker.
(c) He is a Christian missionary.
(d) He is in the aircraft business.

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

14. What name does Didion use as a stand-in for all the shared associates of men like Jack Lovett?
(a) Frank.
(b) Dan.
(c) Steve.
(d) Joe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The one witness interviewed at the Christian crime scene is of what connection to Janet Ziegler?

2. Which member of his own family does Paul Christian eventually kill?

3. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?

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

5. What drug does Inez catch her daughter Jessie using in 1973?

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