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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Calvin not want to pay the contractor more money than he originally quotes for their home project?
(a) He does a bad job on the project.
(b) The estimated should be correct before starting the project.
(c) He breaks the banister.
(d) He steals Alice's fur coat.

2. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?
(a) When she tells Calvin that his work on a book is not acceptable.
(b) When she renovates her house.
(c) When she is at work.
(d) When she tells her daughters that smoking is not an option for them to consider.

3. Trillin states that while on a trip to a foreign country, the main subject for discussion by American tourists is ...
(a) How much a melon cost.
(b) How much it rains.
(c) How much it snows.
(d) How much a hotel room cost.

4. When Calvin and Alice fid themselves in a hotel room that is not as they expect, what do they do?
(a) They complain to hotel management.
(b) They move to another hotel.
(c) They check out and immediately go home.
(d) They make the best of it.

5. Of the following, which one is an accurate statement of Calvin's views?
(a) Alice is unable to provide constructive criticism.
(b) Alice is better at reading than writing.
(c) Alice is better educated than her husband.
(d) Alice is not as educated as her husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first book that Calvin writes after he meets Alice?

3. Calvin states that he and his wife disagree about which of the following details from the night when they first meet?

4. Where does Calvin and Alice purchase their first home?

5. What is the name of the club where Alice sometimes has lunch with her friend Wally Popolizio?

(see the answer key)

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