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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 is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?
(a) Alice's views on taxation.
(b) Alice's intellectualism.
(c) Alice's 50th birthday.
(d) Alice's 61st birthday.

2. What type of cancer does Alice have?
(a) Breast cancer.
(b) Eye cancer.
(c) Thyroid cancer.
(d) Lung cancer.

3. Where does Sarah get married?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Malibu.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.

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

5. Which statement does Trillin make about Alice's cause of death?
(a) It comes as a shock to all of us. She is a strong swimmer.
(b) We never thought she takes her own life.
(c) You could say that she dies of the treatment rather than the disease.
(d) She dies of a broken heart long before her heart stops beating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Calvin states that he never sees Alice read which type of magazine?

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

3. One of Alice's doctors says the following:

4. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?

5. Of the following, which does Calvin NOT list among those Alice frequently takes care of?

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