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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?
(a) When she is at work.
(b) When she renovates her house.
(c) When she tells her daughters that smoking is not an option for them to consider.
(d) When she tells Calvin that his work on a book is not acceptable.

2. Which of the following statements about Alice is true?
(a) She promotes the idea of cigarette lounges in New York City.
(b) She hates cigarettes.
(c) She fights for smoker's rights.
(d) She is a chain-smoker.

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

4. When Calvin and Alice fid themselves in a hotel room that is not as they expect, what do they do?
(a) They move to another hotel.
(b) They complain to hotel management.
(c) They make the best of it.
(d) They check out and immediately go home.

5. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?
(a) People who can't even afford sending their children to college spending money on fur coats.
(b) People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.
(c) People who can't even afford rent traveling to Italy.
(d) People who can't even afford a cleaning woman living in a house that has to be rented most summers to pay the taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Calvin not want to pay the contractor more money than he originally quotes for their home project?

2. How old are Alice's daughters when she has her first surgery following her cancer diagnosis?

3. In chapter three, who writes the article that accompanies the fashion spread in which Alice is featured?

4. In chapter six, Calvin describes a home renovation project. Who acts as the project manager?

5. Alice serves on the board of what organization for children with cancer and other illnesses?

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