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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) A tax theory.
(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.

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

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

5. What advice does Calvin receive in the 1960s from an older writer at work?
(a) That it is a good idea for Calvin to have his wife look at his first drafts.
(b) That it is unwise of Calvin to show his wife his rough drafts.
(c) That Calvin shows his wife final drafts.
(d) That Calvin reads his own rough drafts.

6. What assumption does Alice make before she marries Calvin?
(a) She is very wealthy after she marries Calvin.
(b) She is the breadwinner in her marriage to Calvin.
(c) She is relatively well-off after she marries Calvin.
(d) She has to make due with modest possessions after she marries Calvin.

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

8. 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 to a fashion show.
(d) To wear during the cold New York City winters.

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

10. In chapter six, Trillin states that Alice has a strong desire to ...
(a) Own a dog.
(b) Own a house.
(c) Own a white hat.
(d) Own a fur coat.

11. Select the city in which Calvin and Alice have a disagreement about money.
(a) New York City.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Rome.
(d) San Francisco.

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

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

14. What is the name of Alice's friend and colleague who has ovarian cancer?
(a) Jane Maher.
(b) Annie Navasky.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy.
(d) Maggie Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In chapter five, Alice is quoted as saying the following about her mother:

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