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

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

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

4. Who does Didion think the area excludes?
(a) Children
(b) Women
(c) Normal people
(d) Ethnic minorities

5. With whom does Didion celebrate her daughter's birthday?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her daughter's friends
(c) Her own friends
(d) Her family

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the caretaker's job in the prison?

2. Whose birthday does Didion celebrate?

3. Of what old adage does the area remind Didion?

4. Where does Didion use her charge card in order to eat?

5. Where does Didion find a good job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Didion's thoughts about the island?

2. What does Didion think of Newport Beach?

3. What does Didion think of the old Hollywood?

4. Describe the accident in the mountains.

5. Describe Didion's time in Guaymas.

6. How do the Los Angeles citizens know when the Santa Ana winds are about to blow?

7. Why does Didion decide to move to Los Angeles?

8. Why is Didion finding Los Angeles depressing in this essay?

9. Describe Didion's upbringing in Sacramento.

10. Describe the movie on which Didion bases this essay.

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