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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter five, Alice is quoted as saying the following about her mother:
(a) " ... the least cool person I have ever known."
(b) " ... an intellectual in a time when women are only expected to be pretty."
(c) " ... a role model to me and to women everywhere."
(d) " ... the most loving and devoted mother in the world."

2. In chapter five, what does Calvin state about his conversation with Alice's doctor following her bypass operation?
(a) He has new reason to hope.
(b) He is disappointed that Alice no longer is able to participate in charades.
(c) He begins to feel scared.
(d) He is disappointed that Alice no longer is able to play tennis.

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

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

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

7. Why does Alice buy a fur coat?
(a) To wear on a trip to Alaska.
(b) To wear during the cold Nova Scotia winters.
(c) To wear during the cold New York City winters.
(d) To wear to a fashion show.

8. Which of the following best describes "Of Dragons and Garden Peas"?
(a) A New Yorker piece written by Calvin Trillin.
(b) A film that Alice produces for PBS.
(c) A children's book that Alice reads to her daughters.
(d) A New England Journal of Medicine piece written by Alice.

9. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy is surgeon.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy is a dietitian.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy is fourteen years older than Alice.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy is a medical technician.

10. In chapter five, which movie is referenced?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Pretty Woman.
(c) My Best Friend's Wedding.
(d) Guys and Dolls.

11. 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 complain to hotel management.
(c) They make the best of it.
(d) They move to another hotel.

12. What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Passive.
(d) Aggressive.

13. 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 bad."
(b) "That's a dragon you can't slay."
(c) "That's the worst kind."
(d) "They treat that like the common cold."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Trillin, what does Alice want him to do with the money he saves during college?

2. Finish this sentence: Calvin states that if he works in a corporate job ...

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

4. According to Calvin, his wife enjoys spending money on which one of the following?

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that Alice has a strong desire to ...

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