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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy is a dietitian.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy is fourteen years older than Alice.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy is a medical technician.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy is surgeon.

2. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.
(b) A tax theory.
(c) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(d) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.

3. Which of the following statements about Alice is true?
(a) She promotes the idea of cigarette lounges in New York City.
(b) She is a chain-smoker.
(c) She fights for smoker's rights.
(d) She hates cigarettes.

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

5. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?
(a) The year Alice is diagnosed with lung cancer.
(b) A year before Alice dies.
(c) A year after Alice dies.
(d) The year before Alice's bypass surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?

2. What disease does Alice's mother suffer from?

3. Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home?

4. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?

5. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?

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