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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Last Words" Part II, "Everywoman.com" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Trip to Xanadu," what is the name of the pool at San Simeon?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Venus.

2. In what grade does Joan's friend get on the essay she wrote for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," how many applications does Joan say the private kindergarten her friend was trying to get her child into received?
(a) 5.
(b) 1000.
(c) 90.
(d) 15.

3. In "Why I Write," Didion says she writes to understand what sorts of things?
(a) Her fears and desires.
(b) Other people's emotions.
(c) The universe.
(d) Humanity.

4. According to "Everywoman.com," who was the student who started the Martha Stewart unofficial website while in grad school?
(a) Kelly Obama.
(b) Kathy O'Malley.
(c) Kerry Ogata.
(d) Kirsten O'Berry.

5. In "Telling Stories," what does Didion say she learned to do in writing "When Did Music Come This Way"?
(a) Write in third person.
(b) Write in first person.
(c) Use imagery.
(d) Write with control.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in Las Vegas is the reunion Joan attends in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"located?

3. What is the subject of the essay Joan's friend asked her to write for him 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. Where does Skip tell Joan he was stationed while in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

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