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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the magazine that hosts the party where Calvin first meets Alice?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Times Magazine.
(c) Monocle.
(d) Life.

2. According to Calvin, Alice has especially strong views about which of the following subjects?
(a) Foreign oil.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Animal rights.
(d) The environment.

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

4. What is the name of the book that Alice writes based on a letter she writes?
(a) Of Dragons and Garden Peas.
(b) Dear Bruno.
(c) Dragon Slayer.
(d) Living With Cancer.

5. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) For years, Calvin tries to convince Alice that she needs to quit smoking.
(b) For years, whenever Calvin is in an airport, he breaks down in tears.
(c) For years, Calvin worries that he too gets cancer and that their daughters are orphaned.
(d) For years, Calvin does not think or talk about his conversation with Alice's surgeon in 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dance surprises the waiters at Abigail's wedding reception?

2. How does Calvin characterize his father-in-law?

3. In which hospital does Alice die?

4. In 2001, what does Alice say about their daughter Abigail's wedding?

5. Who says, "Life doesn't get much better than this"?

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