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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Didion spend time with Michael?
(a) The Workers Batcave
(b) The Workers Lounge
(c) The Workers International Bookstore
(d) The Workers Factory

2. Who of the following is most likely to attend a Las Vegas wedding?
(a) A page boy
(b) Best man
(c) The father of the bride
(d) A bridesmaid

3. What reason do the two runaways give for leaving home?
(a) They were bored
(b) They wanted freedom
(c) They were both pregnant
(d) Their mothers did not like their lifestyle

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

5. Baez known as the voice of _____________________.
(a) The protest movement
(b) Native Americans
(c) America's youth
(d) African Americans

6. What was Hughes' job in the film industry?
(a) Director
(b) Stunt man
(c) Script writer
(d) Producer

7. What does Didion ask the reader in this essay?
(a) Why she writes notes
(b) How can she make use of her notes
(c) Why note making is important
(d) Why note making rids her of anger

8. What does Didion say comes with self respect?
(a) Happiness and success
(b) Power
(c) Friends
(d) Love and family

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

10. Didion is more impressed with Baez's __________ than with Baez as a person.
(a) voice
(b) speeches
(c) music
(d) writings

11. From what age did Didion keep a notebook?
(a) Ten
(b) Six
(c) Five
(d) Seven

12. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?
(a) Romaine
(b) Hitchcook
(c) Kola
(d) Horace

13. Why was Didion initially shocked that Wayne could develop cancer?
(a) He was not a real person
(b) He was too young
(c) He was a film star
(d) He was too strong

14. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) How Hughes ever became famous
(b) Why Hughes is a recluse
(c) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(d) Why people are curious about Hughes

15. Where did Ira Sandperl work?
(a) A computer store
(b) A supermarket
(c) A bookstore
(d) A record store

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say Hughes is?

2. What does the sixteen-year-old girl state about her own Las Vegas wedding?

3. What kind of world will a person live in without self respect?

4. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.

5. Who does Wayne have dinner with at the end of the chapter?

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