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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Some Women," "The Long Distance Runner," "Last Words" Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?
(a) Norovirus.
(b) Paratyphoid.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Flu.

2. Which friend of Hemingway and his wife does Didion mention at the start of "Last Words"?
(a) Pam.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Pauline.
(d) Polly.

3. In "Last Words," what writer does Didion say she could see Hemingway's influence on while teaching at Berkeley?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) George Orwell.

4. What does Nancy tell Joan is important to a man at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Having a pretty place to work.
(b) Having a home cooked meal waiting for him.
(c) Having a quiet place to work.
(d) Having a pretty wife.

5. Where does Joan begin taking classes after she was rejected from the college of her choice in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Cal-Tech.
(b) UCLA.
(c) Stanford.
(d) UC Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?

2. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's father did for work?

3. Who found Hemingway after he had shot himself in 1961?

4. In "Pretty Nancy," where does Joan say Nancy went to college?

5. What is something Didion felt her classmates in English 106A had that she did not in "Telling Stories"?

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