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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter seven begins with a New Yorker excerpt in which he discusses the following:
(a) Rabbis and farmers.
(b) The difference between Chicago and New York style pizza.
(c) Attending school plays.
(d) Bowling alleys and swimming pools.

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

3. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.
(b) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.
(c) A tax theory.
(d) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.

4. In chapter three, Calvin includes an excerpt from an article that Alice writes about her parents. Which of the following statements summarizes the point makes in the excerpt?
(a) Alice looks to her mother for advice on how to be a better parent.
(b) Alice's mother does not accept the help of others.
(c) Alice leans on her mother.
(d) Alice takes care of her mother.

5. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?
(a) Buy her a fur coat.
(b) Put it in their children's college fund.
(c) Use it as a down payment for their first house.
(d) Use it for their wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the young surgical residents dioesthe following after Alice's bypass operation:

2. Of the following, which is a quote from chapter even?

3. According to Calvin, why does he show Alice everything he writes in rough draft?

4. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?

5. The little girl at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp suffers from the following:

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