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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Billy Dillon and Inez Victor visit Paul Christian, how does Paul say his brother must be celebrating?
(a) Breaking out the champagne.
(b) Killing the fatted calf.
(c) Saying thanks to the lord.
(d) Dancing in the street.

2. To whom had Paul Christian been making frequent cryptic phone calls in the weeks leading up to the shooting?
(a) Inez Victor.
(b) Ruthie Christian.
(c) Wendell Omura.
(d) Dick Ziegler.

3. Which character conspicuously disappears to attend Carole Christian at Janet's wedding?
(a) Inez Victor.
(b) Paul Christian.
(c) Harry Victor.
(d) Janet Ziegler.

4. Why does one of Janet Ziegler's son's not attend her funeral?
(a) His plane is grounded in Los Angeles.
(b) Dick Ziegler neglects to call him.
(c) He knows she died with a lover.
(d) He is caught with drugs in the Honolulu airport.

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

6. In Chapter 11, what does Dick Ziegler tell Dwight Christian not to say?
(a) The war cannot be won.
(b) Wendell Omura deserved to get shot.
(c) Janet is dying.
(d) His children will not come to Hawaii.

7. About how long does Inez stay in Hong Kong?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

8. What is Frank Tawagata's wife's maiden name?
(a) Christian.
(b) Omura.
(c) Victor.
(d) Lovett.

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

10. With whom does Lovett intend to confer upon arriving in Saigon?
(a) An English professor in town.
(b) The U.S. consul.
(c) An airline stewardess.
(d) A helicopter engineer.

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

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

13. From where in Honolulu does Paul Christian call the police to turn himself in?
(a) A movie theatre.
(b) The airport.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) His house.

14. in Johnston, what does Inez place inside Lovett's bodybag?
(a) A rose.
(b) An American flag.
(c) Her bandana.
(d) Her wedding ring.

15. What is the ill-chosen name of Dick Ziegler's new development?
(a) Locust Grove.
(b) Warm Springs.
(c) Lillie Point.
(d) Sea Meadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what office does Billy Dillon want Frank Tawagata to gather information?

2. How does Didion describe Lovett's attitude toward the countries he represents?

3. What object does Inez demand be removed from the hall when she returns to Dwight's house in this chapter?

4. On the radio interview to which Inez listens in this chapter, the analyst sums up America's position in Vietnam with what phrase?

5. When Didion returns to the US after meeting Inez, whom does the Congress publicly subpoena?

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