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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(b) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(c) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(d) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
2. According to Calvin, what leads to his success in courting Alice?
(a) His dumb luck and good looks.
(b) His reluctance to speak.
(c) His dumb luck and one or two deliberate moves.
(d) His pipe smoking and fame as a writer.
3. What is the headline for Alice's obituary in the Times?
(a) Educator, Wife and Mother.
(b) Educator, Author and Muse.
(c) Social Activist, Author and Muse.
(d) College Instructor, Mother and Wife.
4. At the end of chapter two, Calvin states that he is reviewing the galleys of a book. What is the book's subject?
(a) Riding a bus in New York.
(b) Parking in New York.
(c) Eating in New York restaurants.
(d) Bicycling in New York.
5. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?
(a) Alice's 61st birthday.
(b) Alice's intellectualism.
(c) Alice's views on taxation.
(d) Alice's 50th birthday.
6. How does Calvin characterize his father-in-law?
(a) Alice's father is pessimistic and irresponsible.
(b) Alice's father is realistic, responsible man.
(c) Alice's father is a sweet, optimistic man.
(d) Alice's father is cold and tightfisted with his money.
7. Where does Alice's father grow up?
(a) Rural North Carolina.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) New York City.
(d) New York's Westchester County.
8. In chapter one, Calvin includes an excerpt from a letter that Alice writes to a woman who is victimized. What Shakespeare play does she reference in her letter?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) King Lear.
9. What reasons does Calvin give for stating that "Alice doesn't look like who she is"?
(a) Alice looks like a dietitian, but in actuality she is a talented writer.
(b) Alice is known as the class beauty and most popular cheerleader in high school.
(c) Alice is not pampered or snooty, despite the fact that she grows up in an affluent town and attends a prestigious college.
(d) Alice is seriously pampered and snooty in high school.
10. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?
(a) The beauty and the brain.
(b) College instructor, mother and wife.
(c) The picture of health.
(d) About Alice.
11. 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?
(a) Alice takes care of her mother.
(b) Alice leans on her mother.
(c) Alice's mother does not accept the help of others.
(d) Alice looks to her mother for advice on how to be a better parent.
12. What is written on the envelope in which Alice keeps special items?
(a) Important Stuff.
(b) Treasures.
(c) Memories.
(d) Trillin Family Mementos.
13. In chapter three, what is the name of the publication in which Alice is featured in a fashion spread?
(a) Times Magazine.
(b) Time.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Monocle.
14. What is the name of Calvin's youngest daughter?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Isabelle Alice.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Sarah.
15. In chapter two, how does Calvin characterize his behavior during his second meeting with Alice?
(a) A boring college lecture.
(b) A winning job interview.
(c) A desperate comedy routine.
(d) A rough draft in need of edits.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Calvin, which of the following best describes Alice at age fifty?
2. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?
3. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?
4. According to Calvin, he never stops trying to do what?
5. According to Calvin, why does he show Alice everything he writes in rough draft?
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