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

2. What is the name of Alice's friend and colleague who has ovarian cancer?
(a) Jane Maher.
(b) Maggie Smith.
(c) Annie Navasky.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy.

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

4. What is Alice's reasoning for agreeing to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?
(a) Alice thinks it is a good way to make money.
(b) Alice thinks it helps her husband receive better reviews of his work by critics.
(c) Alice thinks it helps her parents receive better treatment by the nurses at the nursing home where they live.
(d) Alice thinks it helps her launch a modeling career.

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that studies show most marital disagreements are about:
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Money.
(d) Extramarital affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice once work?

2. What is written on the envelope in which Alice keeps special items?

3. What is the name of the City College program in which Alice teaches under-prepared students?

4. In chapter two, what fact about Dick Francis and his wife does Calvin share with the reader?

5. What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person?

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