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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 disease does Alice's mother suffer from?
(a) Ovarian cancer.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Alzheimer's.
(d) Emphysema.

2. What is the first book that Calvin writes after he meets Alice?
(a) A biography.
(b) A romance novel.
(c) A mystery novel.
(d) A collection of comic short stories.

3. Where does Alice attend college?
(a) New York University.
(b) City University of New York.
(c) Wellesley College.
(d) Hofstra University.

4. 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?
(a) "That's a dragon you can't slay."
(b) "That's the worst kind."
(c) "That's bad."
(d) "They treat that like the common cold."

5. Which of the following best describes "Of Dragons and Garden Peas"?
(a) A children's book that Alice reads to her daughters.
(b) A New England Journal of Medicine piece written by Alice.
(c) A New Yorker piece written by Calvin Trillin.
(d) A film that Alice produces for PBS.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that Alice writes based on a letter she writes?

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

4. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?

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

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