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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the full name of the man Joan is speaking with at the start of "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) Skip Skipperton.
(b) Skip Smitherton.
(c) Skip Gilligan.
(d) Skip Skivington.

2. 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.

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

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

5. In what branch of the army was the second speaker in "Getting Serenity"?
(a) Marines.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Navy.
(d) Air Force.

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. Didion uses and example from what underground paper at the end of her essay "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nancy Reagan's interaction with her son at the end of "Pretty Nancy"?

2. What happened when Joan wrote a paper for one of her friends at Stanford? What was the paper about? What grade did he get? What grade did she get?

3. What does Nancy Reagan show Joan at the State Capital and what does she say about it?

4. What does Didion say about objectivity in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

5. What does Walter Davis say about his perspective on the war at the end of "Fathers, Sons, and Screaming Eagles"?

6. What is Joan doing at Nancy Reagan's home in "Pretty Nancy" and who else is there and why?

7. Describe the 22-year-old speaker in "Getting Serenity."

8. Who is Skip Skivington and what does he tell Joan about his son in "Fathers, Sons, and Screaming Eagles"?

9. In what way does the newsman in "Pretty Nancy" try to manipulate the moment to achieve his desired outcome?

10. What part of the meeting in "Getting Serenity does Didion find most unsettling and why?

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