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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is BJ's profession?
(a) Consulate secretary.
(b) Intelligence analyst.
(c) Airplane mechanic.
(d) Field journalist.

2. Who does Billy Dillon implore Inez not to tell about the killings in this chapter?
(a) Dick Ziegler.
(b) Dwight Christian.
(c) Jessie Victor.
(d) Adlai Victor.

3. What is Inez surprised she feels about her family at the end of the chapter?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She does not miss them.
(c) She loves them.
(d) She is not interested in them.

4. About how long does Inez stay in Hong Kong?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

5. Whose housing development was Wendell Omura blocking?
(a) Jack Lovett's.
(b) Dick Ziegler's.
(c) Paul Christian's.
(d) Dwight Christian's.

6. In what city is Inez Victor when the new media finally locates her in 1976?
(a) Jakarta.
(b) Kuala Lumpur.
(c) Honolulu.
(d) Beijing.

7. Whose presence at the house does Billy Dillon not mention in his telling of events in the chapter?
(a) Jessie Victor.
(b) Paul Christian.
(c) Harry Victor.
(d) Jack Lovett.

8. On the radio interview to which Inez listens in this chapter, the analyst sums up America's position in Vietnam with what phrase?
(a) End of the beginning.
(b) That's a wrap.
(c) Bye-bye.
(d) Play ball.

9. Who spreads the news throughout Dwight Christian's office that Paul Christian is destitute?
(a) Ruthie Christian.
(b) Dick Ziegler.
(c) Dwight's receptionist.
(d) Paul himself.

10. In what London periodical is Inez quoted about refugees?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Daily Mirror.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The Economist.

11. Who does Paul Christian call immediately after shooting Janet and Omura?
(a) The police.
(b) The Honolulu Advertiser.
(c) Inez.
(d) His brother.

12. In what office does Billy Dillon want Frank Tawagata to gather information?
(a) The District Attorney.
(b) The Justice Department.
(c) The Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
(d) The State's Attorney.

13. What reason does Adlai offer for Jessie's going to Saigon?
(a) She wants to join the Viet Cong.
(b) She is suicidal.
(c) She has another family in Vietnam.
(d) She wants to score some heroin.

14. In his fantasies, where does Jack Lovett say he planned to take Inez when they're reunited?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Kyoto.

15. What word does Didion use to describe the state in which she finds Inez Victor in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) Indulence.
(b) Depression.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Kinesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Inez suspect is happening throughout the Pacific as Jack Lovett's body is transported?

2. Why does one of Janet Ziegler's son's not attend her funeral?

3. An investigation into Jack Lovett's activities is spurred by reports he has contributed to the fall of what country's government?

4. In what city did Frank Tawagata assist Harry Victor in his 1972 campaign?

5. What punishment is given the bodies of executed soldiers at the Schofield barracks?

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