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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Alice die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2006.

2. Who says, "we both want desperate love, approval, and admiration from each other"?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Alice.

3. In chapter six, Calvin describes a home renovation project. Who acts as the project manager?
(a) Alice.
(b) Herbie.
(c) Alice's father.
(d) Frank.

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

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 pay for her cancer treatment.
(c) Alice takes out bank loans to tide her father over when he is low on money.
(d) Alice takes out bank loans to invest in her father's vending machine invention.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calvin, what kinds of men are attracted to Alice?

2. In chapter eight, Trillin reveals that, like Alice, he undergoes which surgery?

3. What is the name of Alice's friend and colleague who has ovarian cancer?

4. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that studies show most marital disagreements are about:

(see the answer key)

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