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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 does Nancy's son get home from school in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A private car.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Nancy picks him up.
(d) Schoolbus.

2. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?
(a) 185,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 4 million.

3. In "Why I Write," what does Didion say she "plays by ear" (44)?
(a) Piano.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Grammar.

4. In "Telling Stories," what Hemingway short story does Didion mention as an example of a writer's "absolute control" (54)?
(a) "Hills Like White Elephants."
(b) "A Clean Well-Lighted Place."
(c) "Snows of Kilimanjaro."
(d) "The Killers."

5. What is something Didion felt her classmates in English 106A had that she did not in "Telling Stories"?
(a) Humor.
(b) Experience.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say she has never read in an underground paper in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

2. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say many publications gave as a reason for not publishing "When Did Music Come This Way"?

3. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

4. In "Telling Stories," how many places had Didion lived by the time she took English 106A?

5. How old is Nancy's son in "Pretty Nancy"?

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