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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Why I Write," "Telling Stories" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's husband is the "definition of" (35)?
(a) Good Old Boy.
(b) Good Husband.
(c) Nice Guy.
(d) Career Politician.

2. What mandatory class did Didion need to take at Berkeley before she could graduate?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Chaucer.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Milton.

3. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?
(a) 75.
(b) 18.
(c) 48.
(d) 22.

4. In "Telling Stories," how many places had Didion lived by the time she took English 106A?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

5. How old is Nancy's daughter Patti in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) 19.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Didion say that underground newspapers are not truly underground in "Alicia and the Underground Press"?

2. One meeting attendee in "Getting Serenity" says his idea is getting what?

3. In "Telling Stories," how many stories does Didion say she had to write in her English 106A class

4. What is one of the newspapers that the author lists as one of the few that do not make her feel as though "the oxygen has been cut off from [her] brain tissue" (20)?

5. What does Didion say she tried very hard to do while a student at Berkeley in "Why I Write"?

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