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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack Lovett offer the helicopter engineer in Chapter 2?
(a) A tip regarding Laotian regugee camps.
(b) A spot on the next flight out of Vietnam.
(c) A bottle of Seagrams.
(d) A ride to Saigon.

2. To whom does Inez Victor send the telegram regarding "colors, moisture, heat..." obliquely mentioned at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Billy Dillon.
(b) Paul Christian.
(c) Jessie Victor.
(d) Harry Victor.

3. As Inez looks through Janet's closet, what does she wish someone had told her sister?
(a) She owns too many pairs of shoes.
(b) She does not look good in pink.
(c) She should not keep Omura's shirts in her closet.
(d) She should not label her marijuana box.

4. Why does Didion think Inez wants to see her at the end of the chapter?
(a) To tell her she is marrying Jack Lovett.
(b) To apologize.
(c) To admit something about 1975.
(d) To get Lovett's defense to the public.

5. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Harry Victor.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Paul Christian.

6. What Bing Crosby song will play on the radio to announce Saigon's evacuation?
(a) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
(b) Swinging On a Star.
(c) Blue Skies.
(d) Don't Fence Me In.

7. What does Jack Lovett tell Jessie they are doing to get her to an airplane?
(a) Seeing a movie.
(b) Meeting a contact at a golf course.
(c) Going to a shrine.
(d) Sending a cable to Inez.

8. Who informs Inez of the shootings?
(a) Dwight Christian.
(b) Billy Dillon.
(c) Jack Lovett.
(d) Harry Victor.

9. With what word does Paul Christian describe the actions of the police toward him?
(a) Overzealous.
(b) Officious.
(c) Courteous.
(d) Impertinent.

10. How long after landing in Vietnam in Chapter 2 does Jack Lovett happen upon Jessie?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) He does not find her.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 hours.

11. What adjective does Billy Dillon use to describe Jessie's situation?
(a) Funny.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) Sensitive.

12. Why does Inez not want Jessie returning on an orphan plane?
(a) One recently crashed.
(b) There is no security on board.
(c) Many of the orphans are drug mules.
(d) It is not stopping in Hong Kong.

13. What is Inez surprised she feels about her family at the end of the chapter?
(a) She does not miss them.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She is not interested in them.
(d) She hates them.

14. Which of the following is not a color of pin agencies use to denote important evacuees?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

15. When explaining to her father how he is not poor, what does Inez tell him he is not?
(a) A heroin addict.
(b) A Mexican tomato picker.
(c) A Cambodian orphan.
(d) A southern tenant farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his fantasies, where does Jack Lovett say he planned to take Inez when they're reunited?

2. When Billy Dillon and Inez Victor visit Paul Christian, how does Paul say his brother must be celebrating?

3. About what type of furnishing does Paul Christian repeatedly inquire during his visit with Inez?

4. At the end of the chapter, what does Dillon insist Inez say when asked about her father?

5. What is BJ's profession?

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