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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Personals: On Morality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hughes' building look abandoned?
(a) The windows are boarded up
(b) Tramps sleep on the front lawn
(c) It is surrounded by police tape
(d) Kids have sprayed it with graffiti

2. Who is this essay about?
(a) Martin Scorcese
(b) Humphrey Bogart
(c) Howard Hughes
(d) Franklin Roosevelt

3. What do underage kids need to get married?
(a) A lot of make up
(b) Parents' permission
(c) A good lie
(d) Money

4. Where does Didion hear that an accident happened?
(a) In a supermarket
(b) In a nuclear reactor
(c) In a slaughthouse
(d) The mountains

5. What does Didion ask the reader in this essay?
(a) How can she make use of her notes
(b) Why note making is important
(c) Why note making rids her of anger
(d) Why she writes notes

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does this essay discuss?

2. Where are the cheap weddings advertised?

3. What does Didion think a notebook is not for?

4. What is the title of this essay?

5. What does this inccident define to Didion?

(see the answer key)

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