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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Seven Places of the Mind: Notes from a Native Daughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Didion hear that an accident happened?
(a) The mountains
(b) In a supermarket
(c) In a nuclear reactor
(d) In a slaughthouse

2. With what illness was Wayne diagnosed?
(a) Parkinson's
(b) AIDS
(c) Cancer
(d) Brain tumor

3. In which city is the Communist Party's headquarters?
(a) Chicago
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York

4. What does Didion begin to wonder?
(a) Why Hughes is a recluse
(b) Why people are curious about Hughes
(c) Why Hughes has boarded his windows
(d) How Hughes ever became famous

5. Who does Didion overhear talking about Las Vegas weddings?
(a) A five-year-old girl
(b) A priest
(c) A sixteen-year-old girl
(d) A lawyer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Didion ask the reader in this essay?

2. What does Didion notice about the girl's appearance?

3. What does Max feel he has removed frrm his life?

4. What happened to the car when it crashed?

5. Which of the following words does Didion use to describe self respect?

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