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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nancy tell Joan is important to a man at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Having a home cooked meal waiting for him.
(b) Having a pretty place to work.
(c) Having a quiet place to work.
(d) Having a pretty wife.

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

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

4. 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 man.
(b) A servant.
(c) A child.
(d) A woman.

5. What does Didion say she has never read in an underground paper in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?
(a) She says she has never read anything useless.
(b) She says she has never read anything she needs to know.
(c) She says she has never read anything well written.
(d) She says she has never read anything political.

6. How old is Nancy's son in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) 17.
(b) 5.
(c) 23.
(d) 10.

7. Though Didion agrees that writing in underground newspapers is often "amateurish and badly written," she disagrees with what sentiment?
(a) That they are boring.
(b) That they are biased.
(c) That they are interesting.
(d) That they are unnecessary.

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

9. Where does Nancy's daughter go to school in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A boarding school in Arizona.
(b) Nancy homeschooled.
(c) A public school in San Francisco.
(d) A private school in Sacramento.

10. What type of flower does the TV newsman suggest Nancy pick in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Daffodils.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Rhododendrons.
(d) Roses.

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

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

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

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

15. How does Nancy's son get home from school in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Schoolbus.
(b) Nancy picks him up.
(c) A private car.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joan begin taking classes after she was rejected from the college of her choice in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

2. What are Didion and the TV crew there to observe Nancy doing in "Pretty Nancy"?

3. What grade does Joan get on the essay she wrote for her friend in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

4. Where is Skip's son stationed in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

5. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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