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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.
(b) A tax theory.
(c) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(d) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.

2. According to Calvin, Alice has especially strong views about which of the following subjects?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Animal rights.
(c) Foreign oil.
(d) The environment.

3. Alice serves on the board of what organization for children with cancer and other illnesses?
(a) The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
(b) SEEK.
(c) Connecticut Woods.
(d) Transitions.

4. In chapter five, Alice is quoted as saying the following about her mother:
(a) " ... the most loving and devoted mother in the world."
(b) " ... the least cool person I have ever known."
(c) " ... an intellectual in a time when women are only expected to be pretty."
(d) " ... a role model to me and to women everywhere."

5. What assumption does Alice make before she marries Calvin?
(a) She has to make due with modest possessions after she marries Calvin.
(b) She is relatively well-off after she marries Calvin.
(c) She is the breadwinner in her marriage to Calvin.
(d) She is very wealthy after she marries Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the club where Alice sometimes has lunch with her friend Wally Popolizio?

2. What word does Calvin use to describe the hotel room about which he argues with his wife while on a business trip?

3. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?

4. What is the name of the book that Alice writes based on a letter she writes?

5. What is the SEEK program acronym stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the SEEK program? Why is it important to Alice?

2. In chapter five, following Alice's bypass operation, what warning does Alice's surgeon give Calvin Trillin?

3. Does Alice ever exercise restraint when it comes to controversial subjects?

4. What is the one thing that Alice forbids her teenage daughters from doing?

5. What reasons does Mina Shaughnessy give to justify her choice of clothing?

6. Why does Alice think that marrying Calvin Trillin means she has to live a modest lifestyle?

7. What is Alice's attitude toward spending money?

8. True or false: Alice shies away from taboo subjects. Explain your answer.

9. Alice believes that all people are capable of learning and can be taught new things, regardless of their background, provided they have the desire. Do you agree? Why or why not?

10. According to Calvin Trillin, what makes a person an intellectual?

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