View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Didion write about in this essay?
(a) Morals
(b) Hollywood
(c) Cooporations
(d) Finding the right person

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

3. Who does not like going to see Didion's family?
(a) Her dog
(b) Her daughter
(c) Her son
(d) Her husband

4. What happens to people's temperaments just before the wind is about to blow?
(a) They become funnier
(b) They become dark
(c) They become warmer
(d) They become manic

5. What did the monster do in the movie?
(a) Eat the Whitehouse
(b) Steal a child
(c) Eat a child
(d) Destroy a house

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do surgeons refuse to operate during this time?

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

3. Where was the gold discovered?

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

5. What is the title of this essay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Didion's time in Guaymas.

2. How does Didion feel when visiting Pearl Harbor?

3. Why is Hawaii important to Didion?

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

5. What is the theme of this essay?

6. What problems does Didion face when she and her husband visit her family?

7. What does Didion think of the old Hollywood?

8. Describe Didion's upbringing in Sacramento.

9. Describe Alcatraz Island as depicted in this essay.

10. Describe the accident in the mountains.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 779 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample