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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. As an educator at Berkeley in 1975, what does Didion do every morning?
(a) Has conferences with struggling students.
(b) Reads several papers.
(c) Calls Inez in New York.
(d) Eats a grapfruit.

2. In what area's development does Dick Ziegler first make his money?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Australia.
(d) Hawaii.

3. What drug does Inez catch her daughter Jessie using in 1973?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Qualudes.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

4. At the end of the chapter, what does Jack Lovett tell someone to do?
(a) Get Inez out of the rain.
(b) Reroute the next plane to Oahu.
(c) Call a car to the Christian house.
(d) Get him a cup of coffee.

5. Which of the following characters does not accompany Harry Victor to Jakarta in 1969?
(a) Billy Dillon.
(b) Dwight Christian.
(c) Frances Landau.
(d) Janet Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adlai attending summer school during Jessie's crisis?

2. With whom does Inez Victor abruptly leave Honolulu in 1975?

3. What is Didion's father's profession?

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

5. Who is the witness at the wedding of Inez and Harry Victor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Inez react to her family in this chapter?

2. What is Didion doing in 1975?

3. How does Jack Lovett find Jessie Victor?

4. What is Joan Didion's first memory of Jack Lovett and Inez Victor together?

5. Why does Harry Victor defend Adlai's returning to school?

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

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

8. What information about Paul Christian's crime does Didion reveal in Chapter 3?

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

10. How does Didion characterize Jack Lovett's life?

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