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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother tell her brother?
(a) My child deserves everything he gets
(b) The child finally has a friend
(c) I cannot get the monster out of my mind
(d) The monster needs company

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

3. Who does Didion say the mother talks to about the kidnapping?
(a) Her father
(b) Her sister
(c) Her husband
(d) Her brother

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

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

6. What did Didion use to chase through the fields?
(a) Mice
(b) Cats
(c) Dogs
(d) Children

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the parties become boring?

3. What happened when the gold was discovered?

4. Who remained with the young's man's body?

5. What does Didion find on the island?

(see the answer keys)

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