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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(b) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(c) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(d) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.

2. How does Calvin describe the impact of Alice's beauty on her life?
(a) Alice's beauty makes her vain.
(b) Alice's beauty involves complications.
(c) Alice's beauty has no disadvantages.
(d) Alice's beauty opens doors in her career.

3. How does Calvin portray his wife Alice in books and magazine articles written before she dies?
(a) The goofball.
(b) The cancer victim.
(c) The wicked witch.
(d) The voice of reason.

4. Calvin claims that the first time he sees Alice, he detects what quality about her heritage?
(a) Alice is Jewish.
(b) Alice is Swedish.
(c) Alice is European.
(d) Alice is Irish.

5. In chapter three, who writes the article that accompanies the fashion spread in which Alice is featured?
(a) Alice Trillin.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Nora Ephron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?

2. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?

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

4. Where does Alice attend college?

5. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?

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