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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 was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Hawaiian geography.
(c) Inez Victor.
(d) The Christian Family.

2. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Sarajevo.

3. Which of the following characters does not accompany Harry Victor to Jakarta in 1969?
(a) Janet Christian.
(b) Dwight Christian.
(c) Frances Landau.
(d) Billy Dillon.

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

5. Which of the following Christians is Inez Victor's grandmother?
(a) Ruthie.
(b) Carol.
(c) Cissy.
(d) Janet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event were Inez and Jack attending when they first met?

2. What is Inez's date doing when Jack Lovett happens upon them in a cane field?

3. Who arrives in Honolulu with Inez Victor?

4. Where in Janet's house is the body of Wendell Omura found?

5. Why does Harry have to leave Jakarta suddenly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator's reading of papers in 1975 reflect her feelings about time?

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

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

4. What is the purpose of Paul Christian's room at the YMCA?

5. What is the world political situation as Inez Victor and Jack Lovett talk in Chapter 1?

6. What is Jack Lovett's stated reason for being in Honolulu in 1975?

7. What are Jessie Victor's new plans for her career?

8. Why does Inez Victor lash out at Janet's doctors in Chapter 12?

9. How does Inez get Lovett's body to Hawaii?

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

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