2. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(b) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(c) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(d) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.

3. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two days.

4. According to Calvin, why does he show Alice everything he writes in rough draft?
(a) Calvin values Alice's opinion and wants to impress her.
(b) It saves Calvin time.
(c) Calvin does not trust his editor at work.
(d) Calvin thinks it gives her an opportunity to improve her own writing.

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

6. What is Alice's reasoning for agreeing to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?
(a) Alice thinks it helps her husband receive better reviews of his work by critics.
(b) Alice thinks it helps her launch a modeling career.
(c) Alice thinks it helps her parents receive better treatment by the nurses at the nursing home where they live.
(d) Alice thinks it is a good way to make money.

7. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1999.

8. According to Calvin, what is Alice wearing when he sees her for the first time?
(a) A yellow hat.
(b) A red hat.
(c) A white hat.
(d) A black hat.

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

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

11. In chapter two, what fact about Dick Francis and his wife does Calvin share with the reader?
(a) Francis' wife is a frequent character in her husband's books.
(b) Francis and his wife meet at a magazine party.
(c) Francis relies on his wife to help him produce his books.
(d) Francis is serious, and his wife never stops trying to impress him.

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

13. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?
(a) The picture of health.
(b) College instructor, mother and wife.
(c) The beauty and the brain.
(d) About Alice.

14. How does Calvin portray his wife Alice in books and magazine articles written before she dies?
(a) The wicked witch.
(b) The cancer victim.
(c) The goofball.
(d) The voice of reason.

15. 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.