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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Didion not understand about the center?
(a) Its seriousness
(b) Its talks
(c) Its true purpose
(d) Its structure

2. Who does Didion try to speak to about the children?
(a) A priest
(b) A social worker
(c) Her father
(d) A policeman

3. Who does Wayne have dinner with at the end of the chapter?
(a) John Ford
(b) Joan Didion
(c) Dean Martin
(d) Sammy Davis Jr

4. What can a couple of kids do easily in Las Vegas?
(a) Get jobs
(b) Buy guns
(c) Get married
(d) Find drugs

5. Of which musician is this essay a portrait?
(a) Donavan
(b) Joan Baez
(c) John Lennon
(d) Bob Dylan

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion say Hughes is?

2. What is the name of the street Hughes lives on?

3. What was Didion warned the the talk at the center would be?

4. Why does Didion say she writes notes?

5. What does Didion compare Michael to when he talks to his workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think is the overall message of this chapter?

2. What is the Center of Study of Democratic Institutions?

3. Why does Didion think she wrote about the woman in a dirty wrapper?

4. What do Didion's notes help her to realize?

5. What is Didion's view on Las Vegas weddings?

6. What conclusion does Didion come to about her habit of writing notes?

7. What reason does Didion give for the center's existence?

8. Why did Didion choose to write the Howard Hughes essay?

9. What is Didion's opinion of John Wayne?

10. Describe Lucille Miller's life at the beginning of Part 1.

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