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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Jack Lovett use to describe Inez Victor when he discusses her with Didion?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Resilient.
(c) Noble.
(d) Fragile.

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

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

4. What appointment does Harry Victor turn down to run for President?
(a) An ambassadorship.
(b) President of the World Bank.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) Representative to the U.N.

5. To what does Didion compare the effects of time in 1975?
(a) A black hole.
(b) A weathering brook.
(c) An all-you-can-eat buffet.
(d) An atomic bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the island that Lovett describes in Chapter 1?

2. The U.S. ambassador to what country is on the cover of the Newsweek Didion keeps on the writing desk?

3. At what American magazine did both Joan Didion and Inez Victor work?

4. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?

5. What is the name of the girl who is seriously injured in a car accident with Adlai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Janet Ziegler recall in her final conversation with Inez Victor?

2. What is happening to Jack Lovett at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What is Joan Didion's first memory of Jack Lovett and Inez Victor together?

4. Why is Inez Victor confined to a room when she arrives in Hong Kong?

5. What rule of nonfiction does Didion demonstrate in this chapter, and how does she do so?

6. Describe Janet Christian's interview in Chapter 10.

7. How does Jack Lovett first meet Inez Christian?

8. How does Billy Dillon get Frank Tawagata on his side?

9. What cable is sent to Inez Victor on October 2, 1975?

10. How does Didion characterize Jack Lovett's life?

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