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

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

3. What is Alice's phrase for living in surroundings that are less than nice?
(a) Living in a tree house.
(b) Living like a graduate student.
(c) A living nightmare.
(d) Living in squalor.

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

5. In chapter three, what is the name of the publication in which Alice is featured in a fashion spread?
(a) Times Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Monocle.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter four, an encounter is described taking place in an elevator between Alice and a young boy with cancer. What does he say about her type of cancer?

2. What assumption does Alice make before she marries Calvin?

3. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?

4. What disease does Alice's mother suffer from?

5. In what publication is Alice's op-ed article on the subject of a smoking ban in New York City published?

(see the answer key)

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