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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Calvin and Alice fid themselves in a hotel room that is not as they expect, what do they do?
(a) They check out and immediately go home.
(b) They make the best of it.
(c) They move to another hotel.
(d) They complain to hotel management.

2. In chapter five, which person is mentioned as having volunteered at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp?
(a) Julie Andrews.
(b) Julia Roberts.
(c) Emma Roberts.
(d) Paul Newman.

3. What is Alice's phrase for living in surroundings that are less than nice?
(a) Living in squalor.
(b) Living in a tree house.
(c) A living nightmare.
(d) Living like a graduate student.

4. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?
(a) The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
(b) Transitions.
(c) Connecticut Woods.
(d) SEEK.

5. What does Abigail do for a living?
(a) She is a TV reporter.
(b) She is a model.
(c) She is a legal-services attorney for children.
(d) She is a food critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Trillin family motto?

2. In an e-mail, what does Alice say she is watching on TV the day after her daughter Abigail's wedding?

3. According to Trillin, Alice always says what about parents?

4. Where does Sarah get married?

5. Trillin states that while on a trip to a foreign country, the main subject for discussion by American tourists is ...

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