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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 one of Alice's pet peeves?
(a) Traveling to foreign countries.
(b) Spending money on clothes.
(c) Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
(d) Getting speeding tickets.

2. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(b) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(c) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(d) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.

3. According to Calvin, he never stops trying to do what?
(a) Come out of his shell.
(b) Impress Alice.
(c) Remember what Alice is wearing the night he meets her.
(d) Gain Alice's trust.

4. In what publication is Alice's op-ed article on the subject of a smoking ban in New York City published?
(a) The Nation.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Daily News.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. According to Calvin, what leads to his success in courting Alice?
(a) His dumb luck and good looks.
(b) His reluctance to speak.
(c) His pipe smoking and fame as a writer.
(d) His dumb luck and one or two deliberate moves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alice's maiden name?

2. According to Calvin, what is the definition of an intellectual?

3. Why does Alice buy a fur coat?

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

5. Where does Calvin keep one of the photos of Alice from the article in chapter three?

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