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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Alice have?
(a) None, Alice is an only child.
(b) Alice has two sisters.
(c) Alice has a twin sister.
(d) Alice has a brother and a sister.

2. Calvin claims that the first time he sees Alice, he detects what quality about her heritage?
(a) Alice is Swedish.
(b) Alice is Irish.
(c) Alice is Jewish.
(d) Alice is European.

3. What is the headline for Alice's obituary in the Times?
(a) Social Activist, Author and Muse.
(b) Educator, Wife and Mother.
(c) Educator, Author and Muse.
(d) College Instructor, Mother and Wife.

4. 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 beauty and the brain.
(c) The picture of health.
(d) College instructor, mother and wife.

5. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.
(b) Alice is not popular in school. She is the class brain and is virtually never asked out.
(c) Alice is spoiled. She grows up in a house with a backyard swimming pool and a basement bowling alley.
(d) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.

6. In chapter two, how much time passes between Calvin's first and second meeting with Alice?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Three weeks.

7. At which institution does Alice teach English in her mid-twenties?
(a) New York University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Hofstra Universtity.
(d) Wellesley College.

8. Where does Alice's father first meet Alice's mother?
(a) At a swimming pool.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) At a bowling alley.
(d) The Empire State Building.

9. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.
(a) "Money doesn't grow on trees."
(b) "Time is money."
(c) "Writing doesn't pay."
(d) "Words Is Money."

10. In chapter three, Calvin includes a quote from a friend of Alice who speaks at her memorial service. Who is this person?
(a) Nora Ephron.
(b) Alice's father.
(c) Mary Francis.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy.

11. Where does Alice spend her childhood?
(a) Alice grows up in North Carolina and Long Island.
(b) Alice grows up in New York City and New Jersey.
(c) Alice grows up in Greenhaven and Harrison, New York.
(d) Alice grows up in Greenwich and Nova Scotia.

12. How old is Alice when she is asked to be photographed by Doug Kirkland and model spring fashions in a magazine?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Nineteen.

13. When does Calvin read the obituary of Dick Francis' wife?
(a) A year before Alice dies.
(b) A year after Alice dies.
(c) The year before Alice's bypass surgery.
(d) The year Alice is diagnosed with lung cancer.

14. In chapter three, who writes the article that accompanies the fashion spread in which Alice is featured?
(a) Calvin.
(b) Nora Ephron.
(c) Alice Trillin.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy.

15. According to Calvin, what leads to his success in courting Alice?
(a) His reluctance to speak.
(b) His pipe smoking and fame as a writer.
(c) His dumb luck and one or two deliberate moves.
(d) His dumb luck and good looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that strikes Calvin about Alice when he sees her for the first time?

2. According to Calvin, what is Alice wearing when he sees her for the first time?

3. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?

4. What reasons does Calvin give for stating that "Alice doesn't look like who she is"?

5. According to Calvin, why does Alice take out bank loans in her twenties?

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