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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's maiden name?
(a) Willkins.
(b) Monocle.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Francis.

2. Chapter seven begins with a New Yorker excerpt in which he discusses the following:
(a) Rabbis and farmers.
(b) The difference between Chicago and New York style pizza.
(c) Attending school plays.
(d) Bowling alleys and swimming pools.

3. Select the city in which Calvin and Alice have a disagreement about money.
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Rome.
(d) Tokyo.

4. According to Trillin, when Alice is being wheeled into the operating room for her bypass surgery, she ...
(a) Is grilling the doctor on his political affiliation.
(b) Is hysterically crying.
(c) Is smiling and enthusiastic.
(d) Is playing solitare, her favorite game.

5. What word does Calvin use to describe the hotel room about which he argues with his wife while on a business trip?
(a) Spacious.
(b) Spartan.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Luxurious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?

2. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?

3. What type of cancer does Alice have?

4. What does a neighbor say to Calvin a few weeks after Alice's surgery in 1976?

5. What assumption does Alice make before she marries Calvin?

(see the answer key)

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