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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Trillin family motto?
(a) Get With The Program.
(b) Put Up Or Shut Up.
(c) Pull Up Your Socks.
(d) Grow Up.

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

3. In chapter six, Calvin describes a home renovation project. Who acts as the project manager?
(a) Alice's father.
(b) Alice.
(c) Herbie.
(d) Frank.

4. What is Alice's mother doing for a living when she meets Alice's father?
(a) Alice's mother is a model.
(b) Alice's mother is a novelist.
(c) Alice's mother is a teacher.
(d) Alice's mother is a secretary.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which hospital does Alice die?

2. In chapter eight, Trillin reveals that, like Alice, he undergoes which surgery?

3. What is Alice's cause of death?

4. According to Calvin, what does Alice exclaim when encountering a deer in a forest?

5. Trillin states that while on a trip to a foreign country, the main subject for discussion by American tourists is ...

(see the answer key)

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