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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 word does Calvin use to describe the hotel room about which he argues with his wife while on a business trip?
(a) Spartan.
(b) Spacious.
(c) Luxurious.
(d) Dirty.

2. What does a neighbor say to Calvin a few weeks after Alice's surgery in 1976?
(a) God bless Alice.
(b) Meditation and yoga can cure most cancers.
(c) She's going to need to change her lifestyle.
(d) Alice should quit smoking.

3. What does Mina do to cheer herself up, and to lift the spirits of those around her?
(a) She plays inspirational songs.
(b) She dresses nicely.
(c) She plants flowers.
(d) She plays the piano.

4. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Thirty-five.

5. What advice does Calvin receive in the 1960s from an older writer at work?
(a) That Calvin shows his wife final drafts.
(b) That Calvin reads his own rough drafts.
(c) That it is a good idea for Calvin to have his wife look at his first drafts.
(d) That it is unwise of Calvin to show his wife his rough drafts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?

2. Where does Alice's father first meet Alice's mother?

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

4. What does Calvin believe Alice says about living twenty-five years after her cancer diagnosis?

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

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