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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 relationship between Alice and Mina Shaughnessy?
(a) They are friends.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are colleagues but not friends.
(d) Alice is Mina Shaughnessy's mother.

2. What is the headline in the magazine article in which Alice is featured as a model at the age of thirty-five?
(a) About Alice.
(b) The picture of health.
(c) College instructor, mother and wife.
(d) The beauty and the brain.

3. According to Calvin, what kinds of men are attracted to Alice?
(a) Guys with pipes.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Comedians.
(d) Contractors.

4. Trillin states that his goddaughter marries into a family with some involvement in what kind of industry?
(a) Automotive.
(b) Cigarette.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Pharmaceutical.

5. What assumption does Alice make before she marries Calvin?
(a) She is the breadwinner in her marriage to Calvin.
(b) She is very wealthy after she marries Calvin.
(c) She has to make due with modest possessions after she marries Calvin.
(d) She is relatively well-off after she marries Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Abigail's wedding ceremony?

2. Alice tells her husband that he peaks in which year?

3. What is one of the projects completed by a company that Alice founded?

4. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?

5. What is the theme of the poem at the introduction of chapter three?

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