3. With what does Didion say Sacramento Valley's history started?
(a) The discovery of diamonds
(b) The death of President Washington
(c) The discovery of dinosaur bones
(d) The discovery of gold

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

5. Where did Didion grow up?
(a) Jacksonville
(b) Raleigh
(c) Sacramento Valley
(d) New York City

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where does Didion plan to go and relax?
(a) Guaymas
(b) Canary Islands
(c) Barbados
(d) Jamaica

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

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

15. What does this inccident define to Didion?
(a) Human instinct
(b) Morality
(c) Courage
(d) Humanity