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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 colleges of choice.
(d) Her ideal schools.

2. What year does "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice" first mention?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1925.

3. What does Skip tell Joan about his son in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) He went AWOL.
(b) He moved to Canada to avoid the draft.
(c) He hasn't talked to him in years.
(d) He has been missing since Mother's Day.

4. What does Didion say she considered doing after receiving her rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Slitting her wrists.
(b) Shooting herself.
(c) Running away.
(d) Overdosing on pills.

5. What does Didion feel meetings such as the one she attended in "Getting Serenity" reinforce in people?
(a) The desire to gamble.
(b) The belief they cannot recover.
(c) The addict's passive view of his situation.
(d) The instinct to relive your story over and over.

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

7. In "A Trip to Xanadu," who does Didion say she took to tour San Simeon after it became a state monument?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her mother.

8. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

9. Rather than being adversaries, Didion says that writers for mainstream newspapers are now what?
(a) Confidants.
(b) Ignored.
(c) Blacklisted.
(d) Bribed.

10. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?
(a) It was too light out.
(b) She was replaying her game in her head.
(c) She had to go to work.
(d) Her kids needed breakfast.

11. 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) 15.
(c) 90.
(d) 5.

12. Which of Joan's relatives does she show her college rejection letter to in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her niece.

13. What does Didion say she did when she first read the college rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) She did not really care.
(b) She tore the letter.
(c) She cried.
(d) She called her mom.

14. What are the underground newspapers Didion describes in "Alicia and the Underground Press" able to do that mainstream papers are not?
(a) They are able to speak indirectly to the reader.
(b) They are able to get through to the readers.
(c) They are able to sway the reader's opinion.
(d) They are able to contain their bias.

15. What year was Walter Davis from "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" stationed in Holland?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are at the meeting Joan attends in "Getting Serenity?

2. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?

3. How old is Nancy's daughter Patti in "Pretty Nancy"?

4. What is the first speaker at the meeting Didion covers in "Getting Serenity" addicted to?

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

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