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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Didion say the mother talks to about the kidnapping?
(a) Her sister
(b) Her brother
(c) Her father
(d) Her husband
2. Where is the first memorial Didion visits in Hawaii?
(a) Pearl Harbor
(b) The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
(c) Alcatraz
(d) Washington
3. What does Didion find the island to be?
(a) Hell on earth
(b) A peaceful place
(c) A spiritual place
(d) A paradise
4. To what state does Didion decide to move?
(a) Kentucky
(b) California
(c) Washington
(d) Colorado
5. What does the wind increase the presence of in the atmosphere?
(a) Negative ions
(b) H20
(c) Carbon monoxide
(d) Positive ions
6. Why is Didion depressed in this essay?
(a) She has the flu
(b) She has not had a holiday for three years
(c) It is the rainy season in Los Angeles
(d) Her husband is away
7. With what does Didion say Sacramento Valley's history started?
(a) The discovery of diamonds
(b) The discovery of dinosaur bones
(c) The discovery of gold
(d) The death of President Washington
8. Where does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Coney Island
(c) Newport Beach
(d) Paris
9. Where does Didion hear that an accident happened?
(a) The mountains
(b) In a slaughthouse
(c) In a supermarket
(d) In a nuclear reactor
10. Where does Didion find a good job?
(a) On a magazine
(b) In Walmart
(c) On a newspaper
(d) In a shoe store
11. What island does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) Guernsey
(b) Barbados
(c) Hawaii
(d) The Virgin Islands
12. What was the caretaker's job in the prison?
(a) Warden
(b) Caretaker
(c) A guard
(d) A cook
13. Why do surgeons refuse to operate during this time?
(a) Patients tend to bleed
(b) The electricity goes out
(c) Anaesthetic does not work
(d) Patients go crazy
14. Who tends to live in Newport Beach?
(a) Artists
(b) Rich Americans
(c) Hippies
(d) Immigrants
15. Where does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) Alcatraz
(d) Hawaii
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does not like going to see Didion's family?
2. What was the whole area when Didion grew up there?
3. In what type of accommodation do Didion and her husband stay?
4. What job did Didion's great-great-grandfather do in Hawaii?
5. Where did Didion grow up?
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