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 is the subject of the essay Joan's friend asked her to write for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms.
(b) Milton's Paradise Lost.
(c) Conrad's Nostromo.
(d) Shakespeare's Hamlet.

2. In what year was Skip active in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1958.

3. In what city does Didion meet Nancy in her home in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) San Louis Obispo.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Diego.
(d) San Francisco.

4. Didion uses and example from what underground paper at the end of her essay "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) The Free Press.
(b) The East Village Voice.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Berkeley Barb.

5. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?
(a) 18.
(b) 75.
(c) 48.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade does Joan's friend get on the essay she wrote for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," how many applications does Joan say the private kindergarten her friend was trying to get her child into received?

2. Where does Skip tell Joan he was stationed while in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

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

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. How does Nancy's son get home from school in "Pretty Nancy"?

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