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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.
(a) "Words Is Money."
(b) "Money doesn't grow on trees."
(c) "Writing doesn't pay."
(d) "Time is money."

3. Where does Alice spend her childhood?
(a) Alice grows up in Greenhaven and Harrison, New York.
(b) Alice grows up in New York City and New Jersey.
(c) Alice grows up in Greenwich and Nova Scotia.
(d) Alice grows up in North Carolina and Long Island.

4. What is Alice's reasoning for agreeing to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?
(a) Alice thinks it helps her husband receive better reviews of his work by critics.
(b) Alice thinks it helps her parents receive better treatment by the nurses at the nursing home where they live.
(c) Alice thinks it is a good way to make money.
(d) Alice thinks it helps her launch a modeling career.

5. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?
(a) Wellesley College.
(b) Hofstra Universtity.
(c) Yale University.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice's father do for a living?

2. Calvin claims that the first time he sees Alice, he detects what quality about her heritage?

3. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?

4. How many siblings does Alice have?

5. In chapter one, what object does Alice wave in the air following Calvin's speech?

(see the answer key)

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