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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 90.
(b) 1000.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

2. Why does Didion say that underground newspapers are not truly underground in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) Because the writers are professional journalists.
(b) Because they have a wide readership.
(c) Because the identity of the writers is known.
(d) Because their offices are in tall buildings.

3. In "A Trip to Xanadu," Didion says that San Simeon is "exactly the castle" (26) what type of person would build if that person were wealthy?
(a) A servant.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

4. What term does Joan point out that her relatives uses when discussing where she sent her college applications?
(a) Ivy League colleges.
(b) Her favorite colleges.
(c) Her ideal schools.
(d) Her colleges of choice.

5. 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 Airport.
(b) The Greyhound.
(c) The Post Office.
(d) Restaurants.

6. Where in Las Vegas is the reunion Joan attends in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"located?
(a) Caesar's Palace.
(b) Stardust Casino.
(c) El Cortez.
(d) Stargazers Casino.

7. What is the first speaker at the meeting Didion covers in "Getting Serenity" addicted to?
(a) BlackJack.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Draw-poker.

8. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's father did for work?
(a) He was a neurosurgeon.
(b) He was a musician.
(c) He was a schoolteacher.
(d) He was a politician.

9. Who built the castle Didion discusses in "A Trip to Xanadu"?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Orson Welles.

10. What is written on Frank L.'s cake in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Nice Job, Frank!
(b) Happy Anniversary.
(c) Miracles Still Happen.
(d) Happy Birthday.

11. Who do the San Simeon tour guides in "A Trip to Xanadu" tell the group still stays in the 21 room guest house?
(a) Hearst's sons.
(b) Hearst.
(c) Hearst's daughters.
(d) The servants.

12. Where is Skip's son stationed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) Bastogne.

13. According to Didion in "A Trip to Xanadu," in what year did San Simeon become a state monument?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1958.
(c) 2020.
(d) 1985.

14. Who does Didion say mainstream writers dine with at the end of "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) Henry Ford.
(b) Howard Hughes.
(c) President Kennedy.
(d) Harrison Ford.

15. In "Alicia and the Underground Press," what does Didion feel the claim to have no bias in reporting leads to in writing?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Dishonesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" do before going out to the club?

2. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?

3. Where does Skip tell Joan he was stationed while in the 101st Airborne in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

4. What does Skip tell Joan he is not to be mistaken for despite having a beard in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

5. In what city in California does the meeting in "Getting Serenity" take place?

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