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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. Why does Hughes' building look abandoned?
(a) Kids have sprayed it with graffiti
(b) Tramps sleep on the front lawn
(c) The windows are boarded up
(d) It is surrounded by police tape

2. With whom is Didion initially told to speak?
(a) Jack Bean
(b) Arrowhead
(c) Deadeye
(d) Mike

3. What is the only thing Michael talks about?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Neo Stalinism
(c) Revolution
(d) Bad habits

4. In which country was the film shot?
(a) Canada
(b) Mexico
(c) Czechoslovakia
(d) England

5. Why could Didion not become Phi Beta Kappa?
(a) She had a criminal record
(b) She was too young
(c) Her grades were not good enough
(d) Her father was a communist

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hughes' generation expect men to keep?

2. Who does Wayne have dinner with at the end of the chapter?

3. What does the center provide?

4. Where did Ira Sandperl work?

5. What does Didion not understand about the center?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason does Didion give for self-respect being so important?

3. What is Didion interested in learning about Michael?

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

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

6. What inconsistencies did the police find with Lucille's story?

7. What were Didion's feelings when she met John Wayne for the first time?

8. How does Didion describe Las Vegas weddings?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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