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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 is the name of the building where Didion spends time?
(a) Evolution
(b) People's Place
(c) The Warehouse
(d) Rainbow Palace

2. What happened to the car when it crashed?
(a) It caught fire
(b) It sank into the lake
(c) It lay with one half over a cliff edge
(d) It exploded

3. Didion think Las Vegas weddings make a mockery of __________________________.
(a) Marriage as an institution
(b) Hard working people
(c) Teenagers
(d) Religion

4. What does Didion want to find in San Francisco?
(a) Musicians
(b) Poets
(c) Missing children
(d) Gangsters

5. Upon what do the center's members think they have a large influence?
(a) The political climate
(b) NATO
(c) The local district
(d) Hollywood

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young people do when they are on acid?

2. What does Didion think she lost when she was not elected Phi Beta Kappa?

3. Who of the following did not star in The Sons of Katie Elder?

4. On what subject does Baez's school concentrate?

5. Who does Didion overhear talking about Las Vegas weddings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Didion remember about the first movie in which she saw John Wayne?

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

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

5. How do people treat their marriages in Las Vegas?

6. Why did the two runaways leave home?

7. Why does Didion keep notes?

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

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

10. How has Las Vegas turned marriage into a big business?

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