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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Some Women," "The Long Distance Runner," "Last Words" Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nancy tell Joan she does not believe in being at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A meek housewife.
(b) An absentee mother.
(c) A helicopter parent.
(d) A busybody.

2. What tennis player's behavior did Richardson say was "glorious" accordion to Didion in "Long Distance Runner"?
(a) John McEnroe.
(b) Andre Agassi.
(c) Arthur Ashe.
(d) Serena Williams.

3. In "Telling Stories," how many stories does Didion say she completed for English 106A?
(a) 5.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What does Didion feel meetings such as the one she attended in "Getting Serenity" reinforce in people?
(a) The belief they cannot recover.
(b) The instinct to relive your story over and over.
(c) The addict's passive view of his situation.
(d) The desire to gamble.

5. What is the full name of the man Joan is speaking with at the start of "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Skip Gilligan.
(b) Skip Skivington.
(c) Skip Smitherton.
(d) Skip Skipperton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first speaker at the meeting Didion covers in "Getting Serenity" addicted to?

2. Which Hemingway novel is quoted at the start of "Last Words"?

3. How many nights does one of the speakers say he has been free from his addiction in "Getting Serenity"?

4. In "Why I Write," Didion says that the image that played into her story the most in Book of Common Prayer came from when she was at an airport in which country?

5. What does one of the speakers in "Getting Serenity" say used to happen to him each time he passed Gardena?

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