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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. Why is the first speaker in "Getting Serenity" unable to sleep when she returned home after 5 a.m.?
(a) Her kids needed breakfast.
(b) It was too light out.
(c) She was replaying her game in her head.
(d) She had to go to work.

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

3. From where does Didion receive a rejection letter in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Berkeley.

4. How old is Walter Davis' son in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?
(a) 9.
(b) 22.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

5. 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"?
(a) B.
(b) C+.
(c) B-.
(d) A.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What does Didion note that meeting attendees have an unusual knack for in "Getting Serenity"?

3. Who is signed as the Director of Admissions on the rejection letter Joan Didion discusses in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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 grade does Joan get on the essay she wrote for her friend in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?

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