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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. Where does Inez eventually work with refugees?
(a) Kuala Lumpur.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Cape Town.

2. What action does the narrator recall Inez Victor busying herself with on their 1975 meeting in Kuala Lumpur?
(a) Making a fruit salad.
(b) Taking down a Christmas tree.
(c) Stuffing envelopes.
(d) Checking the air in her Mecercedes' tires.

3. What was the subject of the novel that Didion abandoned?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Inez Victor.
(c) The Christian Family.
(d) Hawaiian geography.

4. Who is the witness at the wedding of Inez and Harry Victor?
(a) Jack Lovett.
(b) Billy DIllon.
(c) Janet Christian.
(d) Dwight Christian.

5. Why is Jack Lovett in Honolulu when the Christian murders occur?
(a) He is there to visit Janet Christian.
(b) He arranged the murder.
(c) He is meeting helicopters from Vietnam.
(d) He lives there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Janet's house is the body of Wendell Omura found?

2. Who arrives in Honolulu with Inez Victor?

3. In Inez's list of stars, what is the tenth and last to have been?

4. In what paper does Didion first read about the Paul Christian murders?

5. At what museum did Inez work when Harry was at the Justice Department?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the helicopter engineer returning to Vietnam?

2. What is happening to Jack Lovett at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Describe the famous WNBC footage of Inez Victor.

4. What does Didion think when Inez finally invited her to Kuala Lumpur?

5. How does the narrator of Democracy reveal herself in Chapter 2?

6. Why does Inez listen to the radio all night at end of the chapter?

7. Describe the Paul Christian crime scene.

8. What is Jack Lovett's stated reason for being in Honolulu in 1975?

9. What prompts Inez to reflect on her life in Chapter 9?

10. What rule of nonfiction does Didion demonstrate in this chapter, and how does she do so?

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