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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: The Seacoast of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Didion travel to in this essay?
(a) New York
(b) Chicago
(c) Seattle
(d) San Francisco

2. What do Baez's neighbors believe the school has done?
(a) Attracted too many tourists
(b) Attracted bad elements
(c) Raised property values
(d) Brought down property value

3. With whom does Didion celebrate her daughter's birthday?
(a) Her own friends
(b) Her daughter's friends
(c) Her family
(d) Her husband

4. Whose notebook writing does Didion talk about?
(a) Henry Miller's
(b) Her own
(c) Her father's
(d) Hubert Selby Jr.'s

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say comes with self respect?

2. With whom is Didion initially told to speak?

3. What do the young people do when they are on acid?

4. What reason do the two runaways give for leaving home?

5. What was the one thing Baez liked about her job?

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