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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Didion's father's profession?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Actuary.
(c) Geologist.
(d) Economist.

2. With whom does Lovett intend to confer upon arriving in Saigon?
(a) An airline stewardess.
(b) A helicopter engineer.
(c) An English professor in town.
(d) The U.S. consul.

3. Who does Paul Christian pretend to be in the cable he sends to Inez Victor in 1975?
(a) Wendell Omura.
(b) Jack Lovett.
(c) Dwight Christian.
(d) Janet Ziegler.

4. Which of the following is not an assumption Inez makes about the owner of the room in which she stays in Hong Kong?
(a) It is a Communist.
(b) It is a woman.
(c) It is a reporter.
(d) It is an American.

5. By what term does Janet refer to the governess that looked after Inez and her as children?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Lady-in-waiting.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Our girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what aspect of news stories regarding southeast Asian turmoil does Didion generally focus?

2. Where is Wendell Omura pronounced dead?

3. In the style of what English Victorian writer does Didion begin Chapter 2?

4. Who is the annoying and loud Kiki of Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 9, what has Inez not done for nearly two days?

(see the answer key)

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