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

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

3. What is the name of the female character in A Book of Common Prayer which Didion discusses in "Why I Write" ?
(a) Charlotte Douglass.
(b) Charly Dugan.
(c) Emily Dickens.
(d) Lily Davis.

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

5. How old is Walter Davis' son in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Didion in "A Trip to Xanadu," in what year did San Simeon become a state monument?

2. What is the name of the castle Didion discusses at the start of "A Trip to Xanadu"?

3. What is Nancy's son's nickname in "Pretty Nancy"?

4. How many people are at the meeting Joan attends in "Getting Serenity?

5. In "Pretty Nancy," Didion describes Nancy has having a smile of someone who did what?

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