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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reasons does Calvin give for stating that "Alice doesn't look like who she is"?
(a) Alice is seriously pampered and snooty in high school.
(b) Alice looks like a dietitian, but in actuality she is a talented writer.
(c) Alice is known as the class beauty and most popular cheerleader in high school.
(d) Alice is not pampered or snooty, despite the fact that she grows up in an affluent town and attends a prestigious college.

2. What does Sarah do for a living?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a clinical social worker.
(c) She is an actress.
(d) She is an investment banker.

3. How many siblings does Alice have?
(a) Alice has a twin sister.
(b) None, Alice is an only child.
(c) Alice has a brother and a sister.
(d) Alice has two sisters.

4. Where is Abigail's wedding ceremony?
(a) A country club.
(b) A Surrogate's Court building.
(c) A cruise ship.
(d) A synagogue in upstate New York.

5. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(b) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(c) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(d) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Alice's letter to Bruno Navasky, she states:

2. What point is Alice trying to make when she says that someone "doesn't have a very nice life"?

3. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?

4. Who writes, "I am known among my friends and family as an incorrigible, even ridiculous optimist"?

5. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?

(see the answer key)

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