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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. What does one meeting attendee tell Joan happens to kids upon the first time entering a gambling club?
(a) Most do not become addicted.
(b) They are so shocked they leave.
(c) He loses his money right away.
(d) He is hooked for life.

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) 1000.
(b) 90.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

3. Who is signed as the Director of Admissions on the rejection letter Joan Didion discusses in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Rex P. Smith.
(b) Rixford K. Snyder.
(c) Robert J. Snider.
(d) Redford K. Barboza.

4. What is F. Scott Fitzgerald quoted as calling Hemingway in a letter to Maxwell Perkins in "Last Words"?
(a) A rising talent.
(b) An okay writer.
(c) A real hack.
(d) The real thing.

5. What is Nancy's son's nickname in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) First Mate.
(b) Gilligan.
(c) Captain.
(d) The Skipper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wife of Hemingway's is mentioned at the start of "Last Words"?

2. Where does Nancy's daughter go to school in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. According to "Everywoman.com," who was the student who started the Martha Stewart unofficial website while in grad school?

4. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?

5. How long after his father's suicide did Hemingway submit the completed manuscript of A Farewell to Arms?

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