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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 did Didion use to chase through the fields?
(a) Mice
(b) Dogs
(c) Cats
(d) Children

2. What was the whole area when Didion grew up there?
(a) A series of skyscrapers
(b) Wasteland
(c) Farmland
(d) Desert

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

4. What does Didion feel trapped between when she visits her family?
(a) Her daughter and her husband
(b) Her daughter and her family
(c) Her husband and her family
(d) Her daughter and her son

5. What is the name of the wind Didion mentions in this essay?
(a) Diablo
(b) Santa Wencelas
(c) The Wicked Witch
(d) Santa Ana

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Didion visit in this essay?

2. What does Didion find the island to be?

3. Didion's family refers to her husband as __________________.

4. Where is the first memorial Didion visits in Hawaii?

5. Who remained with the young's man's body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the theme of this essay?

4. Describe Didion's time in Guaymas.

5. How does Didion feel when visiting Pearl Harbor?

6. Describe Alcatraz Island as depicted in this essay.

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

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

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

10. Describe the accident in the mountains.

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