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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is the bookstore?
(a) Orange County
(b) Denver
(c) Maryland
(d) Watts
2. Didion is more impressed with Baez's __________ than with Baez as a person.
(a) music
(b) speeches
(c) voice
(d) writings
3. What does a person with self respect use their failings to do?
(a) Put people down
(b) Help others
(c) Succeed
(d) Market his/her image
4. What does Lucille's husband do for a living?
(a) Lumberjack
(b) Dentist
(c) Doctor
(d) Mechanic
5. What does Didion say she sees John Wayne as at the end of this essay?
(a) A human
(b) A god
(c) A prophet
(d) A monster
6. What kind of trip does Barbara say she is on?
(a) A woman's trip
(b) A love trip
(c) A people's trip
(d) A life trip
7. What is the title of this essay?
(a) A Writer's Notes
(b) My Little Scribbles
(c) On Keeping a Notebook
(d) A Willing Writer
8. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.
(a) Religion
(b) Teenagers
(c) Hard working people
(d) Marriage as an institution
9. What does Didion think a notebook is not for?
(a) To read at weddings
(b) To keep a factual record
(c) To write novels
(d) To share
10. What happened to the car when it crashed?
(a) It caught fire
(b) It exploded
(c) It sank into the lake
(d) It lay with one half over a cliff edge
11. What was Didion not elected to at college?
(a) Basketball coach
(b) Phi Beta Kappa
(c) Chess master
(d) President
12. What type of building is the center?
(a) A shack
(b) A villa
(c) A tower
(d) A castle
13. What is the woman's name?
(a) Anne Toberlone
(b) Honor Lorraine
(c) Jackie Didion
(d) Lucille Miller
14. Where did Ira Sandperl work?
(a) A supermarket
(b) A record store
(c) A computer store
(d) A bookstore
15. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) Why people are curious about Hughes
(b) How Hughes ever became famous
(c) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(d) Why Hughes is a recluse
Short Answer Questions
1. What county board does Baez stand before in this essay?
2. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?
3. What does the sixteen-year-old girl state about her own Las Vegas wedding?
4. In what state is San Bernardino located?
5. What did Lucille use to try and free her husband?
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