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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?
(a) Alice is somewhere between uninterested and hostile when it comes to religion.
(b) Alice is outspoken about her views on the importance of attending church as a family.
(c) Alice converts to Catholicism as an adult.
(d) Alice is a devout Jew who raises her children with traditional religious values.

2. Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry?
(a) Pharmaceutical.
(b) Automotive.
(c) Cigarette.
(d) Fashion.

3. What does Calvin's father do for a living?
(a) He is a grocer.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a broker.
(d) He is an accountant.

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

5. In chapter three, who writes the article that accompanies the fashion spread in which Alice is featured?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy.
(b) Alice Trillin.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Nora Ephron.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter four, an encounter is described taking place in an elevator between Alice and a young boy with cancer. What does he say about her type of cancer?

2. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?

3. What type of cancer does Alice have?

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

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?

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