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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. Where is Wendell Omura pronounced dead?
(a) In the ambulance.
(b) At the scene.
(c) In the emergency room.
(d) He is still in a coma.

2. What is the name of the girl who is seriously injured in a car accident with Adlai?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Erin.
(d) Nicole.

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

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

5. What character gives Didion a copy of the police report regarding the Paul Christian murders?
(a) Billy Dillon.
(b) Jessie Victor.
(c) Dwight Christian.
(d) Jack Lovett.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a reason that the Alliance of Democratic Institutions is losing influence in 1975?

3. Who visits the office where both Inez and Didion work in Chapter 4?

4. Which member of the Christian family agrees to an interview with CBS during the 1972 campaign?

5. In her teaching at Berkeley, which author does Didion say can be heard in Orwell's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Inez react to her family in this chapter?

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

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

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

5. Describe the scene at the Christian house that immediately precedes Inez's leaving Hawaii with Jack Lovett.

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

7. What does Billy Dillon want from Frank Tawagata?

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

9. In what way does Inez become comfortable in her own life over the course of the novel?

10. Describe Carol Christian.

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