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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," "Pretty Nancy," "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?
(a) Shoot up.
(b) Put her children to bed.
(c) Buy drugs.
(d) Drink 1/5 of vodka.

2. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 8 months.

3. Where is Skip's son stationed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Bastogne.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) Vietnam.

4. Who built the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Henry Ford.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) William Randolph Hearst.

5. What does one meeting attendee tell Joan happens to kids upon the first time entering a gambling club?
(a) They are so shocked they leave.
(b) He loses his money right away.
(c) Most do not become addicted.
(d) He is hooked for life.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

2. What is one of the newspapers that the author lists as one of the few that do not make her feel as though "the oxygen has been cut off from [her] brain tissue" (20)?

3. Where in Las Vegas is the reunion Joan attends in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"located?

4. Who do the San Simeon tour guides in "A Trip to Xanadu" tell the group still stays in the 21 room guest house?

5. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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