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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Alice Tax?
(a) A fine assessed to her children when they behave badly.
(b) An idea for raising funds through college alumni associations.
(c) A fee that Alice charges her husband for reading his rough drafts.
(d) An idea to place a limit on how much money people keep for themselves.

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

3. Alice serves on the board of what organization for children with cancer and other illnesses?
(a) Connecticut Woods.
(b) SEEK.
(c) The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
(d) Transitions.

4. What does Calvin's father do for a living?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a grocer.
(c) He is a broker.
(d) He is an accountant.

5. What is the name of the book that Alice writes based on a letter she writes?
(a) Living With Cancer.
(b) Dear Bruno.
(c) Dragon Slayer.
(d) Of Dragons and Garden Peas.

6. According to Calvin, when is Alice at her "bossiest"?
(a) When she tells Calvin that his work on a book is not acceptable.
(b) When she tells her daughters that smoking is not an option for them to consider.
(c) When she is at work.
(d) When she renovates her house.

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

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

9. In chapter five, an article on what subject in the Times enraged Alice?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A cigarette smoking ban.
(c) Shopping.
(d) A cigarette smoking lounge.

10. According to Calvin, his father is appalled by what kind of people?
(a) People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.
(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 a cleaning woman living in a house that has to be rented most summers to pay the taxes.

11. According to Calvin, Alice believes which one of the following statements to be true?
(a) People who want to learn can be taught, no matter what their background.
(b) People who lack optimism cannot be taught.
(c) People with remedial skills cannot be taught.
(d) People with certain backgrounds, such as those in drug treatment programs, are unable to be taught.

12. What is the name of the City College program in which Alice teaches under-prepared students?
(a) CUNY.
(b) CITY.
(c) STAT.
(d) SEEK.

13. What point is Alice trying to make when she says that someone "doesn't have a very nice life"?
(a) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.
(b) People who "don't have a very nice life" are not as lucky as Alice and Calvin.
(c) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.
(d) People who "don't have a very nice life" are financially well off, but physically ill people who "don't have a very nice life" ware not as attractive as she.

14. In chapter six, Calvin describes a home renovation project. Who acts as the project manager?
(a) Frank.
(b) Alice's father.
(c) Herbie.
(d) Alice.

15. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?
(a) Connecticut Woods.
(b) SEEK.
(c) Transitions.
(d) The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Calvin not want to pay the contractor more money than he originally quotes for their home project?

2. What word does Calvin use to describe the hotel room about which he argues with his wife while on a business trip?

3. What does Mina do to cheer herself up, and to lift the spirits of those around her?

4. Of the following, which one is an accurate statement of Calvin's views?

5. What is the name of Alice's friend and colleague who has ovarian cancer?

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