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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not live on the island?
(a) The caretaker's wife
(b) The caretaker
(c) A retired merchant marine
(d) The caretaker's son

2. What island does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) Hawaii
(b) The Virgin Islands
(c) Guernsey
(d) Barbados

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

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

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

6. What does the mother tell her brother?
(a) I cannot get the monster out of my mind
(b) The child finally has a friend
(c) My child deserves everything he gets
(d) The monster needs company

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

8. What does Didion write about in this essay?
(a) Morals
(b) Cooporations
(c) Finding the right person
(d) Hollywood

9. Who remained with the young's man's body?
(a) The young girl
(b) The nurse's husband
(c) A policeman
(d) The nurse

10. What was the caretaker's job in the prison?
(a) Caretaker
(b) A cook
(c) A guard
(d) Warden

11. What is Didion curious to see at the Pearl Harbor memorial?
(a) Soldier's ages
(b) How people react to death
(c) How Hawaii makes money from the memorial
(d) How the authorities perserve the memorial

12. What is this essay about?
(a) Marriage
(b) Morality
(c) Family
(d) Love

13. Why does Didion never tell her family about her struggles?
(a) She does not want to worry them
(b) She has lost their number
(c) She wants to cope on her own
(d) They can't even afford to eat

14. Of what old adage does the area remind Didion?
(a) Money makes the world go round
(b) Money can't buy happiness
(c) Money does not grow on trees
(d) It could be you

15. Where does Didion visit in this essay?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Newport Beach
(c) Paris
(d) Coney Island

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Didion plan to go and relax?

2. Where does Didion visit in this essay?

3. What has Didion been told to expect?

4. What did Didion use to chase through the fields?

5. Who does not like going to see Didion's family?

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