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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "She wants to protect us from worry, from sadness, from loneliness ..."?
(a) Alice.
(b) Calvin.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Alice's mother.

2. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) For years, Calvin does not think or talk about his conversation with Alice's surgeon in 1976.
(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 tries to convince Alice that she needs to quit smoking.

3. Who says, "we both want desperate love, approval, and admiration from each other"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Alice.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Abigail.

4. Calvin states that he and his wife disagree about which of the following details from the night when they first meet?
(a) The hat and the pipe smoke.
(b) The pipe smoke and the glow.
(c) The hat and the punch bowl.
(d) The food and the beverages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter three, what is the name of the publication in which Alice is featured in a fashion spread?

2. Why does Calvin endorse Alice's policy about school plays?

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

4. What advice does Calvin receive in the 1960s from an older writer at work?

5. According to Calvin, what leads to his success in courting Alice?

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