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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Notes from a Native Daughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of this essay?
(a) Surfing in the USSR
(b) California Dreaming
(c) Kalifornia
(d) California Girls

2. What does Didion not understand about the center?
(a) Its talks
(b) Its seriousness
(c) Its structure
(d) Its true purpose

3. Which band does Didion watch rehearse in this essay?
(a) The Silver Apples
(b) Love
(c) The Grateful Dead
(d) The Byrds

4. What is the woman's name?
(a) Lucille Miller
(b) Honor Lorraine
(c) Jackie Didion
(d) Anne Toberlone

5. What is the title of this essay?
(a) A Willing Writer
(b) On Keeping a Notebook
(c) A Writer's Notes
(d) My Little Scribbles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Howard Hughes said to be buying up?

2. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?

3. What does Didion think it is important for her daughter to have around her?

4. What was Didion raised to believe about other people?

5. Where was the woman with the dirty wrapper sitting?

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