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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, he never stops trying to do what?
(a) Impress Alice.
(b) Remember what Alice is wearing the night he meets her.
(c) Come out of his shell.
(d) Gain Alice's trust.

2. At the end of chapter two, Calvin states that he is reviewing the galleys of a book. What is the book's subject?
(a) Parking in New York.
(b) Bicycling in New York.
(c) Eating in New York restaurants.
(d) Riding a bus in New York.

3. At the end of chapter three, Calvin describes an event in Alice's life that takes her by surprise. What happens?
(a) Alice does not remember how to get home from the plant nursery.
(b) Alice is stopped for speeding by a police officer and does not receive a ticket.
(c) Alice is not asked for her identification at a bar.
(d) Alice is stopped for speeding by a police officer, and receives a ticket.

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

5. At the end of chapter three, Calvin tells a story about Alice in which she makes an annual trip to which of the following locations?
(a) A summer home in Nova Scotia.
(b) A plant nursery in New Jersey.
(c) Her best friend's grave.
(d) A brownstone in Greenwich Village.

6. According to Calvin, what photo of Alice appears on the cover of the program at her memorial service?
(a) A photo of Alice teaching in a classroom. It is taken when she is in her thirties.
(b) A photo of Alice wearing a hat. It is taken when she is in her twenties.
(c) A photo of Alice taken in Italy. It is taken when she is in her fifties.
(d) A photo of Alice gardening. It is taken when she is in her forties.

7. According to Calvin, what does Alice exclaim when encountering a deer in a forest?
(a) "Wowsers!"
(b) "Where is my camera?"
(c) "Rodent!"
(d) "Beauty!"

8. What is the name of the magazine that hosts the party where Calvin first meets Alice?
(a) Monocle.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Life.
(d) Times Magazine.

9. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?
(a) Alice's 50th birthday.
(b) Alice's intellectualism.
(c) Alice's views on taxation.
(d) Alice's 61st birthday.

10. What does Alice's father do for a living?
(a) Alice's father is a self-taught inventor.
(b) Alice's father is a coal miner.
(c) Alice's father is a researcher.
(d) Alice's father is a vending machine repairman.

11. According to Calvin, which of the following best describes Alice at age fifty?
(a) Alice looks like a dietitian in sensible shoes.
(b) Alice looks young for her age and still attracts men.
(c) Alice looks just like her mother.
(d) Alice looks older than she is, due to her illness.

12. What reasons does Calvin give for stating that "Alice doesn't look like who she is"?
(a) Alice is not pampered or snooty, despite the fact that she grows up in an affluent town and attends a prestigious college.
(b) Alice is known as the class beauty and most popular cheerleader in high school.
(c) Alice is seriously pampered and snooty in high school.
(d) Alice looks like a dietitian, but in actuality she is a talented writer.

13. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?
(a) A dietitian in sensible shoes.
(b) A fast driver.
(c) A World War II nurse.
(d) A lass from Generation X.

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

15. Where does Alice's father first meet Alice's mother?
(a) At a swimming pool.
(b) At a bowling alley.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Greenwich Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written on the envelope in which Alice keeps special items?

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

3. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.

4. In what month and year does Calvin first meet Alice?

5. What is the name of Calvin's youngest daughter?

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