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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.
(b) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.
(c) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(d) A tax theory.

2. What does Mina do to cheer herself up, and to lift the spirits of those around her?
(a) She dresses nicely.
(b) She plays inspirational songs.
(c) She plants flowers.
(d) She plays the piano.

3. According to Calvin, Alice has especially strong views about which of the following subjects?
(a) Animal rights.
(b) Foreign oil.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) The environment.

4. What is the name of the club where Alice sometimes has lunch with her friend Wally Popolizio?
(a) The New York Health and Fitness Club.
(b) The New York Bridge Club.
(c) Tiro e Segno.
(d) Italian-American Club.

5. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?
(a) Use it for their wedding.
(b) Use it as a down payment for their first house.
(c) Buy her a fur coat.
(d) Put it in their children's college fund.

6. Calvin states that among married couples, the one who makes out the mortgage check is more like to do what?
(a) Be more relaxed about spending money.
(b) Be more generous.
(c) Be more cautious about spending money.
(d) Be more successful.

7. In chapter six, Trillin states that studies show most marital disagreements are about:
(a) Extramarital affairs.
(b) Food.
(c) Children.
(d) Money.

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

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

10. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?
(a) People who can't even afford a cleaning woman living in a house that has to be rented most summers to pay the taxes.
(b) People who can't even afford rent traveling to Italy.
(c) People who can't even afford sending their children to college spending money on fur coats.
(d) People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.

11. According to Calvin, his wife enjoys spending money on which one of the following?
(a) Beautiful clothes.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Expensive jewelry.
(d) Fancy cars.

12. Trillin states that he is brought up in which city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) New York City.

13. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Direct.
(c) Shy.
(d) Smart.

14. According to Calvin, what is the definition of an intellectual?
(a) Someone who knows the definition of holistic.
(b) Someone who knows how to translate heuristics.
(c) Someone whose instinct is to analyze anything that happens and try to make some sense of it.
(d) Someone who knows the definition of holistic. Someone who translates fluently from the Toltec.

15. In chapter four, an encounter is described taking place in an elevator between Alice and a young boy with cancer. What does he say about her type of cancer?
(a) "That's a dragon you can't slay."
(b) "They treat that like the common cold."
(c) "That's bad."
(d) "That's the worst kind."

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter five, Trillin states that he once gives a speech at the annual dinner for which organization?

2. Where does Calvin and Alice purchase their first home?

3. Where does Calvin and Alice have a summer home?

4. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?

5. What is the SEEK program acronym stand for?

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