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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Letter from Paradise, 21' 19' N., 157' 52' W..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Didion's great-great-grandfather do in Hawaii?
(a) Chef
(b) Slave runner
(c) Teacher
(d) Policeman

2. What does Didion say comes with self respect?
(a) Happiness and success
(b) Power
(c) Friends
(d) Love and family

3. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) Why Hughes is a recluse
(b) Why people are curious about Hughes
(c) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(d) How Hughes ever became famous

4. How does Didion say she began to see herself?
(a) The way others did
(b) As still a child
(c) As an adult
(d) As a product of her parents

5. In what city does Hughes live?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) New York
(c) San Francisco
(d) Chicago

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?

2. Didion believe her loss of innocence was the beginning of ____________.

3. Why does Hughes' building look abandoned?

4. What does Didion think she lost when she was not elected Phi Beta Kappa?

5. What kind of world will a person live in without self respect?

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