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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, what kinds of men are attracted to Alice?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Contractors.
(c) Comedians.
(d) Guys with pipes.

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

3. Finish this sentence: Calvin states that if he works in a corporate job ...
(a) Alice helps him move up the corporate ladder.
(b) Alice helps him prepare for sales presentations.
(c) Alice competes with him for a job.
(d) Alice prevents him from climbing the corporate ladder.

4. In chapter four, an encounter is described taking place in an elevator between Alice and a young boy with cancer. What does he say about her type of cancer?
(a) "That's the worst kind."
(b) "That's bad."
(c) "They treat that like the common cold."
(d) "That's a dragon you can't slay."

5. After Abigail and Sarah graduates college, they live for a period of time in which state?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Calvin portray his wife Alice in books and magazine articles written before she dies?

2. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?

3. Which statement does Trillin make about Alice's cause of death?

4. How does Calvin characterize his father-in-law?

5. Chapter eight begins with an excerpt from which book?

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