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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Calvin's eldest daughter?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Abigail.

2. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?
(a) Alice's parents solve all of her problems for her.
(b) Alice is spoiled. She is the center of her parent's lives.
(c) Alice admires her parents and models her own parenting style on theirs.
(d) Alice acts as caretaker to her parents.

3. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1963.

4. At the end of chapter three, Calvin describes an event in Alice's life that takes her by surprise. What happens?
(a) Alice is stopped for speeding by a police officer, and receives a ticket.
(b) Alice does not remember how to get home from the plant nursery.
(c) Alice is stopped for speeding by a police officer and does not receive a ticket.
(d) Alice is not asked for her identification at a bar.

5. According to Calvin, what kinds of men are attracted to Alice?
(a) Contractors.
(b) Comedians.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Guys with pipes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Calvin, why does he show Alice everything he writes in rough draft?

(see the answer key)

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