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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing that strikes Calvin about Alice when he sees her for the first time?
(a) Alice is opinionated.
(b) Alice looks more alive than anyone he sees.
(c) Alice is so very pretty.
(d) Alice is talkative.

2. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?
(a) Alice takes out bank loans to invest in her father's vending machine invention.
(b) Alice takes out bank loans to finance her work with disadvantaged students.
(c) Alice takes out bank loans to tide her father over when he is low on money.
(d) Alice takes out bank loans to pay for her cancer treatment.

3. In chapter five, Trillin states that he once gives a speech at the annual dinner for which organization?
(a) The Yale Westchester Alumni Association.
(b) Yale-Newhaven Hospital.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Yale Senior Society.

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

5. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, which does Calvin NOT list among those Alice frequently takes care of?

2. Of the following, which one best describes Calvin and Alice's first home?

3. Where does Alice's father grow up?

4. According to Calvin, which of the following best describes Alice at age fifty?

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

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