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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. What does Didion note that meeting attendees have an unusual knack for in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Finishing each other's sentences.
(b) Dates and numbers.
(c) Smoking constantly.
(d) Making cake.

2. Where does Skip tell Joan he was stationed while in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) VIetnam.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Hamburger Hill.
(d) Bastogne.

3. Who is Nancy's husband in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. 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) B+.
(b) A.
(c) C+.
(d) B-.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skip keep in his pocket in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

2. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?

3. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," what does Joan say her friend was disappointed about in her 4-year-old's reference letters?

4. What does Nancy say her husband never did even for the movies?

5. What kind of talk does Didion find unsettling during the meeting in "Getting Serenity"?

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