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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Calvin's eldest daughter?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maggie.

2. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?
(a) Alice's 61st birthday.
(b) Alice's 50th birthday.
(c) Alice's views on taxation.
(d) Alice's intellectualism.

3. In chapter three, Calvin includes an excerpt from an article that Alice writes about her parents. Which of the following statements summarizes the point makes in the excerpt?
(a) Alice takes care of her mother.
(b) Alice leans on her mother.
(c) Alice looks to her mother for advice on how to be a better parent.
(d) Alice's mother does not accept the help of others.

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

5. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?
(a) Alice takes out bank loans to finance her work with disadvantaged students.
(b) Alice takes out bank loans to invest in her father's vending machine invention.
(c) Alice takes out bank loans to tide her father over when he is low on money.
(d) Alice takes out bank loans to pay for her cancer treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of chapter three, Calvin tells a story about Alice in which she makes an annual trip to which of the following locations?

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

3. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?

4. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?

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

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