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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Didion and her husband decide to go home?
(a) When they run out of money
(b) When their car breaks down
(c) When Didion gets a cold
(d) When they get restless

2. Where does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) Hawaii
(d) Alcatraz

3. With whom does Didion celebrate her daughter's birthday?
(a) Her family
(b) Her husband
(c) Her daughter's friends
(d) Her own friends

4. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?
(a) She loses her pen
(b) She falls ill
(c) She loses her notebook
(d) She is overcome with grief

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

6. Who tends to live in Newport Beach?
(a) Hippies
(b) Artists
(c) Immigrants
(d) Rich Americans

7. What job did Didion's great-great-grandfather do in Hawaii?
(a) Teacher
(b) Slave runner
(c) Policeman
(d) Chef

8. Where was the gold discovered?
(a) Formby Farm
(b) Sutter's Ford
(c) Johann's Ford
(d) Horace River

9. What did Didion use to chase through the fields?
(a) Cats
(b) Children
(c) Dogs
(d) Mice

10. What happens to people's temperaments just before the wind is about to blow?
(a) They become warmer
(b) They become dark
(c) They become manic
(d) They become funnier

11. Why do the parties become boring?
(a) Her friends stop attending
(b) They are held at the same places
(c) People don't move on
(d) The same people are always there

12. Where does Didion hear that an accident happened?
(a) In a slaughthouse
(b) The mountains
(c) In a nuclear reactor
(d) In a supermarket

13. Who does Didion say the mother talks to about the kidnapping?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her father
(c) Her sister
(d) Her brother

14. Who does Didion think the area excludes?
(a) Normal people
(b) Children
(c) Women
(d) Ethnic minorities

15. What is the title of this essay?
(a) Gods and Monsters
(b) Oh Yeah!
(c) I Can't Get That Monster Out of My Mind
(d) I Come in Peace and You Go in Pieces

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first memorial Didion visits in Hawaii?

2. What does Didion think it is important for her daughter to have around her?

3. Where does Didion plan to go and relax?

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

5. What happened when the gold was discovered?

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