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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In chapter six, what does a carpenter named Frank tell Alice during her home renovation project?
(a) I underestimate the amount of money this project costs you.
(b) Sooner or later, we're all going to leave, and this is going to be your place.
(c) I broke the banister.
(d) It's going to be worth the trouble. Your children grow up here.

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

4. Which woman serve as a personal and professional mentor to Alice?
(a) Jane Maher.
(b) Maggie Smith.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy.
(d) Annie Navasky.

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) Buy her a fur coat.
(c) Use it as a down payment for their first house.
(d) Put it in their children's college fund.

6. 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 like a graduate student.
(d) Living in squalor.

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

8. In what publication is Alice's op-ed article on the subject of a smoking ban in New York City published?
(a) The Daily News.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Nation.

9. What word does Calvin use to describe the hotel room about which he argues with his wife while on a business trip?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Spartan.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Spacious.

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

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

12. Of the following, which one best describes Calvin and Alice's first home?
(a) A cottage.
(b) A brownstone.
(c) An estate.
(d) An apartment.

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

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

15. When Calvin and Alice fid themselves in a hotel room that is not as they expect, what do they do?
(a) They make the best of it.
(b) They complain to hotel management.
(c) They check out and immediately go home.
(d) They move to another hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the SEEK program acronym stand for?

2. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?

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

4. Calvin states that among married couples, the one who makes out the mortgage check is more like to do what?

5. Which of the following statements about Alice is true?

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