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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

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

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

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

6. In what type of accommodation do Didion and her husband stay?
(a) A cabin
(b) A villa
(c) A motel
(d) A hotel

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

8. What is the title of this essay?
(a) I Come in Peace and You Go in Pieces
(b) Oh Yeah!
(c) Gods and Monsters
(d) I Can't Get That Monster Out of My Mind

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

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

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

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

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

14. What was the whole area when Didion grew up there?
(a) Desert
(b) Wasteland
(c) A series of skyscrapers
(d) Farmland

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Didion unable to record people's reactions?

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

3. Where does Didion find a good job?

4. Where does Didion plan to go and relax?

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

(see the answer keys)

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