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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Calvin, what is the definition of an intellectual?
(a) Someone whose instinct is to analyze anything that happens and try to make some sense of it.
(b) Someone who knows the definition of holistic. Someone who translates fluently from the Toltec.
(c) Someone who knows the definition of holistic.
(d) Someone who knows how to translate heuristics.

3. 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 spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(d) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.

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

5. How does Calvin characterize his father-in-law?
(a) Alice's father is realistic, responsible man.
(b) Alice's father is a sweet, optimistic man.
(c) Alice's father is pessimistic and irresponsible.
(d) Alice's father is cold and tightfisted with his money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Calvin's father do for a living?

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

5. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?

(see the answer key)

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