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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, what does Alice exclaim when encountering a deer in a forest?
(a) "Where is my camera?"
(b) "Wowsers!"
(c) "Rodent!"
(d) "Beauty!"

2. What does Alice's father do for a living?
(a) Alice's father is a vending machine repairman.
(b) Alice's father is a self-taught inventor.
(c) Alice's father is a researcher.
(d) Alice's father is a coal miner.

3. Where does Alice attend college?
(a) Wellesley College.
(b) City University of New York.
(c) Hofstra University.
(d) New York University.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first book that Calvin writes after he meets Alice?

2. In chapter three, who writes the article that accompanies the fashion spread in which Alice is featured?

3. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?

4. According to Calvin, why does he show Alice everything he writes in rough draft?

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

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