View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which woman serve as a personal and professional mentor to Alice?
(a) Jane Maher.
(b) Annie Navasky.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy.
(d) Maggie Smith.

2. In chapter five, what does Calvin state about his conversation with Alice's doctor following her bypass operation?
(a) He is disappointed that Alice no longer is able to participate in charades.
(b) He has new reason to hope.
(c) He begins to feel scared.
(d) He is disappointed that Alice no longer is able to play tennis.

3. Of the following, which does Calvin NOT list among those Alice frequently takes care of?
(a) Stray animals.
(b) Cancer patients.
(c) Alice's children.
(d) Alice's parents.

4. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?
(a) A year after Alice dies.
(b) The year before Alice's bypass surgery.
(c) A year before Alice dies.
(d) The year Alice is diagnosed with lung cancer.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?

2. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?

3. Calvin states that among married couples, the one who makes out the mortgage check is more like to do what?

4. What does Alice's father do for a living?

5. In chapter one, Calvin includes an excerpt from a letter that Alice writes to a woman who is victimized. What Shakespeare play does she reference in her letter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 337 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample