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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Trillin characterizes the relationship between Alice and his daughter Sarah as:
(a) A hornet's nest.
(b) Nothing but harmonious.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Complicated.

2. What is the relationship between Alice and Mina Shaughnessy?
(a) They are colleagues but not friends.
(b) Alice is Mina Shaughnessy's mother.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are friends.

3. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-two.

4. Why does Alice buy a fur coat?
(a) To wear to a fashion show.
(b) To wear during the cold New York City winters.
(c) To wear during the cold Nova Scotia winters.
(d) To wear on a trip to Alaska.

5. What does Abigail do for a living?
(a) She is a legal-services attorney for children.
(b) She is a model.
(c) She is a food critic.
(d) She is a TV reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Calvin states that he and his wife disagree about which of the following details from the night when they first meet?

2. What point is Alice trying to make when she says that someone "doesn't have a very nice life"?

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

4. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?

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

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