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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. What is the subject of the essay Joan's friend asked her to write for him in "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice"?
(a) Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms.
(b) Conrad's Nostromo.
(c) Shakespeare's Hamlet.
(d) Milton's Paradise Lost.

2. What word does Joan use to describe the way things were back when she received her rejection letter compared to when she wrote 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) Old-Fashioned.
(b) Benign.
(c) Intense.
(d) Silly.

3. What type of flower does the TV newsman suggest Nancy pick in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) Rhododendrons.
(b) Roses.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Daffodils.

4. Where does Nancy's daughter go to school in "Pretty Nancy"?
(a) A boarding school in Arizona.
(b) A private school in Sacramento.
(c) A public school in San Francisco.
(d) Nancy homeschooled.

5. One of the meeting attendees, Frank L., has been going to meetings for six years and on the night Joan attended had not placed a bet in how long?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 8 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skip keep in his pocket in "Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles"?

2. What was Didion suffering from which became one of the images used in her novel A Book of Common Prayer?

3. In "Pretty Nancy," Didion describes Nancy has having a smile of someone who did what?

4. What is the name of the male character in A Book of Common Prayer which Didion discusses in "Why I Write"?

5. In "Why I Write," Didion says that the image that played into her story the most in Book of Common Prayer came from when she was at an airport in which country?

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