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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 does a neighbor say to Calvin a few weeks after Alice's surgery in 1976?
(a) Alice should quit smoking.
(b) God bless Alice.
(c) She's going to need to change her lifestyle.
(d) Meditation and yoga can cure most cancers.

2. What reason does Bruno Navasky give for waiting so long reply to Alice's letter?
(a) Alice's first letter gets lost in the mail.
(b) He is angry at Alice.
(c) He is busy.
(d) Bruno is gathering research to support the funding project.

3. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) For years, Calvin tries to convince Alice that she needs to quit smoking.
(b) For years, whenever Calvin is in an airport, he breaks down in tears.
(c) For years, Calvin worries that he too gets cancer and that their daughters are orphaned.
(d) For years, Calvin does not think or talk about his conversation with Alice's surgeon in 1976.

4. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy is surgeon.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy is a dietitian.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy is fourteen years older than Alice.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy is a medical technician.

5. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?
(a) Traveling to foreign countries.
(b) Getting speeding tickets.
(c) Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
(d) Spending money on clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2001, what does Alice say about their daughter Abigail's wedding?

2. What is Alice's maiden name?

3. Of the following, which one best describes Calvin and Alice's first home?

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

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

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