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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Select the city in which Calvin and Alice have a disagreement about money.
(a) Rome.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.
2. What point is Alice trying to make when she says that someone "doesn't have a very nice life"?
(a) People who "don't have a very nice life" are not as lucky as Alice and Calvin.
(b) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.
(c) People who "don't have a very nice life" are financially well off, but physically ill people who "don't have a very nice life" ware not as attractive as she.
(d) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.
3. What advice does Calvin receive in the 1960s from an older writer at work?
(a) That Calvin shows his wife final drafts.
(b) That it is a good idea for Calvin to have his wife look at his first drafts.
(c) That Calvin reads his own rough drafts.
(d) That it is unwise of Calvin to show his wife his rough drafts.
4. Where does Calvin keep one of the photos of Alice from the article in chapter three?
(a) On his desk.
(b) On his living room wall.
(c) On his bedside table.
(d) On his mantle.
5. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?
(a) Traveling to foreign countries.
(b) Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
(c) Spending money on clothes.
(d) Getting speeding tickets.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Alice's friend and colleague who has ovarian cancer?
2. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?
3. Trillin states that while on a trip to a foreign country, the main subject for discussion by American tourists is ...
4. In chapter two, what fact about Dick Francis and his wife does Calvin share with the reader?
5. At the end of chapter three, Calvin describes an event in Alice's life that takes her by surprise. What happens?
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