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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. For what publication was Hemingway working when he would sometimes rewrite submissions for practice?
(a) Transatlantic Review.
(b) Vogue.
(c) The Atlantic Monthly.
(d) The New Yorker.

2. Where does Nancy's daughter go to school in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A boarding school in Arizona.
(b) Nancy homeschooled.
(c) A private school in Sacramento.
(d) A public school in San Francisco.

3. Where does Didion say she used to eavesdrop on people's conversations thinking "it was a good way to learn about life" (23) in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) The Greyhound.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) The Post Office.
(d) The Airport.

4. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Flu.
(c) Paratyphoid.
(d) Norovirus.

5. Where is Didion working at the start of "Some Women"?
(a) Lady's Home Journal.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Cosmopolitan.
(d) Vogue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Nancy's husband in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. In "Why I Write," Didion says she writes to understand what sorts of things?

4. From whom does Didion say she stole the title "Why I Write"?

5. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

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