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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. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say she did in English 106A to make herself invisible in class?
(a) Wore a dirty raincoat.
(b) Wore a black sweatsuit.
(c) Wore sunglasses.
(d) Wore a hat.

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

3. In "Long Distance Runner," who did Richardson take to France when Didion and her husband were unable to join him?
(a) He went alone.
(b) His daughters.
(c) Didion's brother.
(d) Their daughter.

4. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," what does Joan say her father did when she told him of her rejection letter?
(a) He told her she should call the school and complain.
(b) He told her he knew she would not get in.
(c) He told her she will never amount to anything now.
(d) He shrugged his shoulders and offered her a drink.

5. What is one of the words Didion uses to describe the way the Hearsts spend their money in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) Frivolously.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Conservatively.
(d) Flamboyance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

2. How does Nancy's son get home from school in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?

4. What is one of the images Didion says many people have seen of Hemingway?

5. What issue plagued Hemingway by the time he was at the height of fame according to Didion in "Last Words"?

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