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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(b) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(c) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(d) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.

2. What is Alice's mother doing for a living when she meets Alice's father?
(a) Alice's mother is a teacher.
(b) Alice's mother is a novelist.
(c) Alice's mother is a model.
(d) Alice's mother is a secretary.

3. Where does Alice's father first meet Alice's mother?
(a) At a swimming pool.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) At a bowling alley.

4. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two days.

5. How does Calvin describe the impact of Alice's beauty on her life?
(a) Alice's beauty has no disadvantages.
(b) Alice's beauty makes her vain.
(c) Alice's beauty involves complications.
(d) Alice's beauty opens doors in her career.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Calvin keep one of the photos of Alice from the article in chapter three?

2. What is the first thing that strikes Calvin about Alice when he sees her for the first time?

3. In what year does Alice die?

4. How does Calvin characterize his father-in-law?

5. In chapter three, Calvin includes an excerpt from an article that Alice writes about her parents. Which of the following statements summarizes the point makes in the excerpt?

(see the answer key)

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