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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1950.

2. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?
(a) Roger Wilkins.
(b) Dick Francis.
(c) Richard Harris.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy.

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

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

5. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?
(a) A dietitian in sensible shoes.
(b) A fast driver.
(c) A World War II nurse.
(d) A lass from Generation X.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice attend college?

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

3. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?

4. Of the following, which does Calvin NOT list among those Alice frequently takes care of?

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

(see the answer key)

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