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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Los Angeles Notebook.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which movie star does Joan talk about in this chapter?
(a) Cary Grant
(b) John Ford
(c) Humphrey Bogart
(d) John Wayne

2. What is the name of the wind Didion mentions in this essay?
(a) Santa Ana
(b) Santa Wencelas
(c) The Wicked Witch
(d) Diablo

3. What does Didiion say increases in society when the winds are about to blow?
(a) Crime
(b) Shopping
(c) Road rage
(d) Study

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?

2. What does this inccident define to Didion?

3. Why does Didion say she writes notes?

4. In what type of accommodation do Didion and her husband stay?

5. What is the name of this essay?

(see the answer key)

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