View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month and year does Calvin first meet Alice?
(a) August 1990.
(b) December 1963.
(c) December 1976.
(d) April 1965.

2. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?
(a) The beauty and the brain.
(b) The picture of health.
(c) College instructor, mother and wife.
(d) About Alice.

3. How many siblings does Alice have?
(a) Alice has two sisters.
(b) None, Alice is an only child.
(c) Alice has a twin sister.
(d) Alice has a brother and a sister.

4. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.
(a) "Words Is Money."
(b) "Time is money."
(c) "Writing doesn't pay."
(d) "Money doesn't grow on trees."

5. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Calvin, he never stops trying to do what?

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

4. In what year does Alice die?

5. What is Alice's maiden name?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 253 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample