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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 financially well off, but physically ill people who "don't have a very nice life" ware not as attractive as she.
(c) People who "don't have a very nice life" are not as lucky as Alice and Calvin.
(d) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.

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

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

4. Which phrase best describes Alice's religious views?
(a) Alice is somewhere between uninterested and hostile when it comes to religion.
(b) Alice is outspoken about her views on the importance of attending church as a family.
(c) Alice is a devout Jew who raises her children with traditional religious values.
(d) Alice converts to Catholicism as an adult.

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

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

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

8. What is one of Alice's pet peeves?
(a) Spending money on clothes.
(b) Traveling to foreign countries.
(c) Cigarette companies that give young people the impression that smoking is cool.
(d) Getting speeding tickets.

9. In chapter five, which person is mentioned as having volunteered at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp?
(a) Julia Roberts.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Julie Andrews.
(d) Emma Roberts.

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

11. Why does Calvin not want to pay the contractor more money than he originally quotes for their home project?
(a) He steals Alice's fur coat.
(b) The estimated should be correct before starting the project.
(c) He breaks the banister.
(d) He does a bad job on the project.

12. In chapter five, Trillin states that he once gives a speech at the annual dinner for which organization?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Yale Senior Society.
(c) Yale-Newhaven Hospital.
(d) The Yale Westchester Alumni Association.

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

14. 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 sending their children to college spending money on fur coats.
(c) People who can't even afford rent traveling to Italy.
(d) People who can't even afford groceries spending money on a cleaning woman.

15. 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 with remedial skills cannot be taught.
(c) People who lack optimism cannot be taught.
(d) People with certain backgrounds, such as those in drug treatment programs, are unable to be taught.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that Alice writes based on a letter she writes?

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

4. When Calvin and Alice fid themselves in a hotel room that is not as they expect, what do they do?

5. In chapter six, Trillin states that studies show most marital disagreements are about:

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