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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?
(a) Alice is somewhere between uninterested and hostile when it comes to religion.
(b) Alice is outspoken about her views on the importance of attending church as a family.
(c) Alice is a devout Jew who raises her children with traditional religious values.
(d) Alice converts to Catholicism as an adult.

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

3. What is the first book that Calvin writes after he meets Alice?
(a) A romance novel.
(b) A biography.
(c) A mystery novel.
(d) A collection of comic short stories.

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

5. Calvin states that among married couples, the one who makes out the mortgage check is more like to do what?
(a) Be more successful.
(b) Be more cautious about spending money.
(c) Be more generous.
(d) Be more relaxed about spending money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Calvin receive in the 1960s from an older writer at work?

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

3. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?

4. Trillin states that he is brought up in which city?

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that Alice has a strong desire to ...

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