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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Didion and her husband drive through to get there?
(a) Mountains
(b) Forests
(c) Desert
(d) Coastal roads

2. What does Didion find the island to be?
(a) Hell on earth
(b) A spiritual place
(c) A paradise
(d) A peaceful place

3. What does Didion find on the island?
(a) The excesses of wealth
(b) Gangland
(c) Copland
(d) Peace and harmony

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

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

6. What city is Didion living in in this chapter?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) New York
(c) San Francisco
(d) Chicago

7. About whom does the nighttime talk show host talk?
(a) Germaine Greer
(b) Brian Wilson
(c) Helen Keller
(d) Helen Gurley Brown

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

9. Where does Didion find a good job?
(a) In Walmart
(b) On a newspaper
(c) In a shoe store
(d) On a magazine

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

11. What does Didion think it is important for her daughter to have around her?
(a) Love
(b) Presents
(c) Positive energy
(d) Extended family

12. What did the monster do in the movie?
(a) Destroy a house
(b) Steal a child
(c) Eat a child
(d) Eat the Whitehouse

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not live on the island?

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

3. Who does Didion think the area excludes?

4. What does this inccident define to Didion?

5. What happened when the gold was discovered?

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