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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 grade does Joan get on the essay she wrote for her friend in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) A.
(b) B+.
(c) C+.
(d) B-.

2. From where could people see the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Highway 61.
(b) Highway 15.
(c) Highway 80.
(d) Highway 1.

3. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) Henry Ford.
(b) Harrison Ford.
(c) Howard Hughes.
(d) President Kennedy.

4. What does Didion say she considered doing after receiving her rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Overdosing on pills.
(b) Slitting her wrists.
(c) Running away.
(d) Shooting herself.

5. Where in Las Vegas is the reunion Joan attends in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"located?
(a) Stardust Casino.
(b) El Cortez.
(c) Caesar's Palace.
(d) Stargazers Casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Joan point out that her relatives uses when discussing where she sent her college applications?

2. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?

3. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?

4. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?

5. 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)?

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