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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?
(a) Alice's parents solve all of her problems for her.
(b) Alice admires her parents and models her own parenting style on theirs.
(c) Alice acts as caretaker to her parents.
(d) Alice is spoiled. She is the center of her parent's lives.

2. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?
(a) Alice converts to Catholicism as an adult.
(b) Alice is somewhere between uninterested and hostile when it comes to religion.
(c) Alice is a devout Jew who raises her children with traditional religious values.
(d) Alice is outspoken about her views on the importance of attending church as a family.

3. Trillin states that he is brought up in which city?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.

4. Calvin states that he and his wife disagree about which of the following details from the night when they first meet?
(a) The pipe smoke and the glow.
(b) The hat and the punch bowl.
(c) The hat and the pipe smoke.
(d) The food and the beverages.

5. Where does Calvin keep one of the photos of Alice from the article in chapter three?
(a) On his mantle.
(b) On his desk.
(c) On his bedside table.
(d) On his living room wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.

2. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Alice's father do for a living?

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