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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the wind increase the presence of in the atmosphere?
(a) Carbon monoxide
(b) Positive ions
(c) H20
(d) Negative ions

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the wind Didion mentions in this essay?
(a) The Wicked Witch
(b) Santa Wencelas
(c) Santa Ana
(d) Diablo

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

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

9. With whom does Didion go on the holiday?
(a) Her best friend
(b) Her husband
(c) Her boyfriend
(d) Her daughter

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

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

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

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

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

15. What happened when the gold was discovered?
(a) A fort was built around the town
(b) Fights and murders
(c) A town was constructed
(d) Mass immigration to the area

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion feel trapped between when she visits her family?

2. Why does Didion never tell her family about her struggles?

3. Why are no more repairs being done at the prison?

4. Why is Didion depressed in this essay?

5. About whom does the nighttime talk show host talk?

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