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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alice's father grow up?
(a) New York's Westchester County.
(b) Rural North Carolina.
(c) New York City.
(d) Nova Scotia.

2. What does Abigail do for a living?
(a) She is a legal-services attorney for children.
(b) She is a model.
(c) She is a TV reporter.
(d) She is a food critic.

3. According to Calvin, he never stops trying to do what?
(a) Gain Alice's trust.
(b) Remember what Alice is wearing the night he meets her.
(c) Come out of his shell.
(d) Impress Alice.

4. Which statement does Trillin make about Alice's cause of death?
(a) She dies of a broken heart long before her heart stops beating.
(b) We never thought she takes her own life.
(c) You could say that she dies of the treatment rather than the disease.
(d) It comes as a shock to all of us. She is a strong swimmer.

5. In chapter three, Calvin includes a quote from a friend of Alice who speaks at her memorial service. Who is this person?
(a) Mary Francis.
(b) Alice's father.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy.
(d) Nora Ephron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person says "I haven't had so much fun since the hogs ate little sister"?

2. What is the prognosis that Alice's doctor gives, following her surgery in 1976?

3. What programming does Alice produce for PBS?

4. Alice serves on the board of what organization for children with cancer and other illnesses?

5. In what publication is Alice's op-ed article on the subject of a smoking ban in New York City published?

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