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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?
(a) Shy.
(b) Smart.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Direct.

2. Which woman serve as a personal and professional mentor to Alice?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy.
(b) Maggie Smith.
(c) Jane Maher.
(d) Annie Navasky.

3. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?
(a) Use it as a down payment for their first house.
(b) Use it for their wedding.
(c) Put it in their children's college fund.
(d) Buy her a fur coat.

4. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?
(a) People who can't even afford sending their children to college spending money on fur coats.
(b) People who can't even afford a cleaning woman living in a house that has to be rented most summers to pay the taxes.
(c) People who can't even afford rent traveling to Italy.
(d) People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.

5. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?
(a) When she renovates her house.
(b) When she is at work.
(c) When she tells Calvin that his work on a book is not acceptable.
(d) When she tells her daughters that smoking is not an option for them to consider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice once work?

2. Where does Alice spend her childhood?

3. Calvin claims that the first time he sees Alice, he detects what quality about her heritage?

4. In chapter one, what object does Alice wave in the air following Calvin's speech?

5. What is the first book that Calvin writes after he meets Alice?

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