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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Wayne promise to build his woman?
(a) A brick wall
(b) An outhouse
(c) A white picket fence
(d) A rocking chair

3. Who is this essay about?
(a) Trotsky
(b) Dennis Wilson
(c) Michael Laski
(d) Charles Bronson

4. What does Didion think a notebook is not for?
(a) To write novels
(b) To keep a factual record
(c) To share
(d) To read at weddings

5. What does Lucille's husband do for a living?
(a) Mechanic
(b) Doctor
(c) Dentist
(d) Lumberjack

Short Answer Questions

1. Didion is more impressed with Baez's __________ than with Baez as a person.

2. What happened to the car when it crashed?

3. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?

4. What film is Wayne working on in this essay?

5. In which country was the film shot?

(see the answer key)

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