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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mary Francis.
(c) Alice's father.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy.

2. In what month and year does Calvin first meet Alice?
(a) August 1990.
(b) December 1963.
(c) December 1976.
(d) April 1965.

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

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

5. Which statement best describes Alice's upbringing?
(a) Alice is poor and lives in squalor in a basement apartment in New York City.
(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 a pampered and wealthy girl who is captain of her cheerleading team.

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

7. What is the name of Calvin's youngest daughter?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Isabelle Alice.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Sarah.

8. In chapter one, Calvin includes an excerpt from a letter that Alice writes to a woman who is victimized. What Shakespeare play does she reference in her letter?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Hamlet.

9. Where does Alice's father grow up?
(a) Rural North Carolina.
(b) New York's Westchester County.
(c) New York City.
(d) Nova Scotia.

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

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

12. According to Calvin, what photo of Alice appears on the cover of the program at her memorial service?
(a) A photo of Alice gardening. It is taken when she is in her forties.
(b) A photo of Alice taken in Italy. It is taken when she is in her fifties.
(c) A photo of Alice teaching in a classroom. It is taken when she is in her thirties.
(d) A photo of Alice wearing a hat. It is taken when she is in her twenties.

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

14. What is the name of the Calvin's eldest daughter?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Mary.

15. What is Alice's reasoning for agreeing to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?
(a) Alice thinks it helps her launch a modeling career.
(b) Alice thinks it helps her husband receive better reviews of his work by critics.
(c) Alice thinks it is a good way to make money.
(d) Alice thinks it helps her parents receive better treatment by the nurses at the nursing home where they live.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Alice's father do for a living?

4. Who writes the condolence letter that makes Calvin laugh?

5. In chapter two, how does Calvin characterize his behavior during his second meeting with Alice?

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