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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) Rural North Carolina.
(b) New York City.
(c) Nova Scotia.
(d) New York's Westchester County.

2. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy.
(b) Roger Wilkins.
(c) Dick Francis.
(d) Richard Harris.

3. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?
(a) A year before Alice dies.
(b) The year before Alice's bypass surgery.
(c) A year after Alice dies.
(d) The year Alice is diagnosed with lung cancer.

4. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?
(a) Alice takes out bank loans to pay for her cancer treatment.
(b) Alice takes out bank loans to tide her father over when he is low on money.
(c) Alice takes out bank loans to invest in her father's vending machine invention.
(d) Alice takes out bank loans to finance her work with disadvantaged students.

5. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?
(a) A dietitian in sensible shoes.
(b) A fast driver.
(c) A lass from Generation X.
(d) A World War II nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Calvin states that he never sees Alice read which type of magazine?

2. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?

3. In chapter two, what fact about Dick Francis and his wife does Calvin share with the reader?

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

5. In what month and year does Calvin first meet Alice?

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