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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Why I Write," "Telling Stories" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are at the meeting Joan attends in "Getting Serenity?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

2. 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.

3. In "Telling Stories," what publication does Didion work for right after college?
(a) The Washington post.
(b) Vogue.
(c) Ms.
(d) The New Yorker.

4. In "Pretty Nancy," where does Joan say Nancy went to college?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Wellesley.
(c) Smith.
(d) Yale.

5. In "Telling Stories," what publication finally accepted Didion's story "When Did Music Come This Way"?
(a) Harper's.
(b) Denver Quarterly.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Esquire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

4. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?

5. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?

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