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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter five, an article on what subject in the Times enraged Alice?
(a) Shopping.
(b) A cigarette smoking lounge.
(c) A cigarette smoking ban.
(d) Cancer.

2. Which of the following statements does Alice NOT make in the e-mail that she writes the day after Abigail's wedding?
(a) Abigail gets married yesterday.
(b) I am there for the whole thing.
(c) I wish that I can be there in person, but I am there in spirit.
(d) Life doesn't get much better than this.

3. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Nineteen.

4. Where does Alice attend college?
(a) Hofstra University.
(b) City University of New York.
(c) Wellesley College.
(d) New York University.

5. After Abigail and Sarah graduates college, they live for a period of time in which state?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina do to cheer herself up, and to lift the spirits of those around her?

2. In which hospital does Alice die?

3. What is Abigail's relationship to Calvin Trillin?

4. What is Alice's reasoning for agreeing to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?

5. Which one of the following statements is true?

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