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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the Alice Tax?
(a) An idea for raising funds through college alumni associations.
(b) A fee that Alice charges her husband for reading his rough drafts.
(c) An idea to place a limit on how much money people keep for themselves.
(d) A fine assessed to her children when they behave badly.

4. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

5. In chapter two, how does Calvin characterize his behavior during his second meeting with Alice?
(a) A desperate comedy routine.
(b) A boring college lecture.
(c) A winning job interview.
(d) A rough draft in need of edits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alice's father grow up?

2. 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?

3. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?

4. What is the name of the City College program in which Alice teaches under-prepared students?

5. In chapter three, Calvin includes a quote from a friend of Alice who speaks at her memorial service. Who is this person?

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