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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 say she sees John Wayne as at the end of this essay?
(a) A monster
(b) A human
(c) A prophet
(d) A god

3. In which country was the film shot?
(a) England
(b) Czechoslovakia
(c) Canada
(d) Mexico

4. What was Didion not elected to at college?
(a) Basketball coach
(b) Chess master
(c) President
(d) Phi Beta Kappa

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

6. What is the only thing Michael talks about?
(a) Neo Stalinism
(b) Capitalism
(c) Revolution
(d) Bad habits

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

8. How does Didion say she began to see herself?
(a) As still a child
(b) As a product of her parents
(c) As an adult
(d) The way others did

9. What does Didion say she hears almost daily?
(a) Music from Hughes house
(b) Hughes' name
(c) Arguments from Hughes' house
(d) A rumor about Hughes

10. What is Howard Hughes said to be buying up?
(a) Hollywood
(b) Las Vegas
(c) The KGB
(d) The New York Times

11. What county board does Baez stand before in this essay?
(a) Monterey
(b) Orange County
(c) Jacksonville
(d) Jefferson

12. With what was Cork Miller having problems?
(a) His ex-wife
(b) His health
(c) His parents
(d) Money

13. What were occasionally written and published at the center?
(a) Speeches
(b) Books
(c) Essays
(d) Busines statistics

14. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?
(a) She had a criminal record
(b) Her grades were not good enough
(c) Her father was a communist
(d) She was too young

15. What was the one thing Baez liked about her job?
(a) Writing songs
(b) Connecting with her audience
(c) Meeting celebrities
(d) Going to parties

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom is Didion initially told to speak?

3. What center does this essay address?

4. What is the title of this essay?

5. What reason do the two runaways give for leaving home?

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