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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," "Pretty Nancy," "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade does Joan's friend get on the essay she wrote for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," how many applications does Joan say the private kindergarten her friend was trying to get her child into received?
(a) 90.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 1000.

2. Where does Joan begin taking classes after she was rejected from the college of her choice in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Cal-Tech.
(c) UC Berkeley.
(d) Stanford.

3. 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)?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The EastSide Reporter.
(d) The San Francisco Chronicle.

4. What does the newsman want Nancy to do as she answers the first question he asks her in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Smile and nod.
(b) Giggle and look away.
(c) Pour some lemonade.
(d) Nip a bud.

5. In "Pretty Nancy," what does Joan say Nancy's father did for work?
(a) He was a musician.
(b) He was a schoolteacher.
(c) He was a neurosurgeon.
(d) He was a politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the man who speaks second in "Getting Serenity" who states that the city has "destroyed" (23) him?

2. Among what other items does Joan's rejection letter sit in a drawer at her mother's house in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

3. What does Skip tell Joan about his son in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

4. What are Didion and the TV crew there to observe Nancy doing in "Pretty Nancy"?

5. How many people does Didion write in "A Trip to Xanadu" visited San Simeon annually?

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