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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the book John was reading the night he died?
(a) Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War of 1914?
(b) The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War.
(c) The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I.
(d) The Pity of War Explaining World War I.

2. How many paramedics did Joan think came when she called for an ambulance?
(a) 1-2 paramedics.
(b) 5 paramedics.
(c) 4 paramedics.
(d) 3-4 paramedics.

3. Who wrote the book John was reading the night he died?
(a) Paul Newcomber.
(b) David Fromkin.
(c) Martin Nighly.
(d) Bryant Gillian.

4. Which of Joan's novels used an incident about a woman whose abortion was paid for by the district attorney's office?
(a) Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
(b) Salvador.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Play It As It Lays.

5. What was the press rate for a lanai suite at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel when Joan began working for "Life"?
(a) $38.
(b) $45.
(c) $27.
(d) $52.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of John and Joan's wedding?

2. Before Quintana became ill, where had she and her husband planned to spend Christmas night and a few days?

3. What radio station did Joan listen to when she lived in California?

4. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?

5. Which of Euripedes' plays did Joan feel that she must reread?

(see the answer key)

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