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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, Alice has especially strong views about which of the following subjects?
(a) Foreign oil.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) The environment.
(d) Animal rights.

2. What does Calvin's father do for a living?
(a) He is a grocer.
(b) He is a broker.
(c) He is an accountant.
(d) He is a banker.

3. What is the SEEK program acronym stand for?
(a) Strides for Education, Equality, and Knowledge.
(b) Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge.
(c) Save Each and Every Kid.
(d) Simplify Education, Equality and Knowledge.

4. According to Calvin, Alice believes which one of the following statements to be true?
(a) People who lack optimism cannot be taught.
(b) People who want to learn can be taught, no matter what their background.
(c) People with remedial skills cannot be taught.
(d) People with certain backgrounds, such as those in drug treatment programs, are unable to be taught.

5. Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Automotive.
(c) Cigarette.
(d) Pharmaceutical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that strikes Calvin about Alice when he sees her for the first time?

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

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

4. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?

5. What is Alice's mother doing for a living when she meets Alice's father?

(see the answer key)

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