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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter six, what does a carpenter named Frank tell Alice during her home renovation project?
(a) I underestimate the amount of money this project costs you.
(b) I broke the banister.
(c) It's going to be worth the trouble. Your children grow up here.
(d) Sooner or later, we're all going to leave, and this is going to be your place.

2. In what year does Alice die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2001.

3. Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home?
(a) California.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Nova Scotia.

4. Trillin states that he tells people he tries to instill the following values in his daughters:
(a) Selfishness and rapaciousness.
(b) Modesty and selflessness.
(c) Holiness and hygiene.
(d) Frugality and conformity.

5. Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Pharmaceutical.
(c) Automotive.
(d) Cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calvin, what kinds of men are attracted to Alice?

2. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?

3. Calvin Trillin is a writer for which publication?

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

5. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?

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