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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. What do the young people do when they are on acid?
(a) Sit in silence
(b) Run around naked
(c) Scream
(d) Laugh

2. What was the whole area when Didion grew up there?
(a) A series of skyscrapers
(b) Desert
(c) Farmland
(d) Wasteland

3. What does the wind increase the presence of in the atmosphere?
(a) H20
(b) Negative ions
(c) Positive ions
(d) Carbon monoxide

4. What did Cork originally want to do when he moved to San Bernardino?
(a) Become a writer
(b) Go to medical school
(c) Go to art school
(d) Open a record shop

5. What does Didion think about as she explores the island?
(a) Her grandfather
(b) The rare birds
(c) The history of the prisoners
(d) Her daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. What center does this essay address?

2. Why does Hughes' building look abandoned?

3. With what was Cork Miller having problems?

4. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?

5. What does Didion find the island to be?

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