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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. Why does Harry have to leave Jakarta suddenly?
(a) The Indonesian king asks him to leave.
(b) A grenade is lobbed at the embassy.
(c) Harry's mother takes ill suddenly.
(d) He is being burned in effigy outside.

2. What tropical periodical has been banned in 1969?
(a) Bangkok Tribune.
(b) Straits Times.
(c) Jakarta Dispatch.
(d) Micronesian Journal.

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

4. To what city is Inez referring when she quotes "Colors, moisture, heat..." (16)?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Ho Chi Minh City.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Phnom Penh.

5. Where in Janet's house is the body of Wendell Omura found?
(a) In the bed.
(b) On the couch.
(c) In the pool.
(d) Behind the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?

2. To what contemporary author does the writing assignment Didion quotes in Chapter 2 refer?

3. At the end of the chapter, what does Jack Lovett tell someone to do?

4. What does the Victor contingent believe Jack Lovett does for a living?

5. Who does Paul Christian pretend to be in the cable he sends to Inez Victor in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the world political situation as Inez Victor and Jack Lovett talk in Chapter 1?

2. What does Jack Lovett see from the observation room at Honolulu airport?

3. What does Janet Ziegler recall in her final conversation with Inez Victor?

4. In what way does Inez become comfortable in her own life over the course of the novel?

5. Does Inez ever consider leaving Harry Victor?

6. What does Inez Victor want to discuss with Didion in 1975 instead of her affair with Jack Lovett?

7. What are Jessie Victor's new plans for her career?

8. How does the narrator's reading of papers in 1975 reflect her feelings about time?

9. How does Jessie return to the United States?

10. What seems ridiculous to Billy Dillon about his conversation with Dick Ziegler?

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