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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Didion states that the Donner party reverted to _______________________.
(a) A primitive state of moral thought
(b) The depths of human evil
(c) Cavemen
(d) Animal instincts

3. What does Didion feel trapped between when she visits her family?
(a) Her daughter and her husband
(b) Her daughter and her son
(c) Her husband and her family
(d) Her daughter and her family

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

5. Who happened upon the accident?
(a) A taxi driver
(b) A doctor
(c) A nurse
(d) A murderer

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

7. What has Didion been told to expect?
(a) Excesses of wealth
(b) The finest restaurants in the country
(c) State-of-the-art technology
(d) Incredible architecture and eclectic homes

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

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

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

11. Didion's family refers to her husband as __________________.
(a) Joan's husband
(b) Mr. Irony
(c) Sweat pit
(d) The penguin

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

13. Who does not like going to see Didion's family?
(a) Her son
(b) Her daughter
(c) Her husband
(d) Her dog

14. Why did the monster steal the child?
(a) To eat it
(b) To brainwash it
(c) To mate with it
(d) To befriend it

15. Why are no more repairs being done at the prison?
(a) There are not enough employers
(b) It is has too many bad memories
(c) They want it to fall down
(d) It is too expensive to maintain

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion find on the island?

2. What does Didiion say increases in society when the winds are about to blow?

3. What happened when the gold was discovered?

4. Why do the parties become boring?

5. What is the name of the wind Didion mentions in this essay?

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