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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A tax theory.
(c) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(d) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.

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

3. 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 Calvin reads his own rough drafts.
(c) That Calvin shows his wife final drafts.
(d) That it is unwise of Calvin to show his wife his rough drafts.

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

5. Which of the following statements about Alice is true?
(a) She promotes the idea of cigarette lounges in New York City.
(b) She is a chain-smoker.
(c) She hates cigarettes.
(d) She fights for smoker's rights.

6. 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) "They treat that like the common cold."
(d) "That's the worst kind."

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

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

9. How old are Alice's daughters when she has her first surgery following her cancer diagnosis?
(a) Fourteen and eighteen.
(b) Twelve and nine.
(c) Four and seven.
(d) Thirty-five and thirty-eight.

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

11. Which governor does Alice tease about being a Republican?
(a) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(b) Governor Mario Cuomo.
(c) Governor George Pataki.
(d) Governor Olympia Snowe.

12. In chapter six, what does a carpenter named Frank tell Alice during her home renovation project?
(a) I broke the banister.
(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) Sooner or later, we're all going to leave, and this is going to be your place.

13. 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.

14. 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 check out and immediately go home.
(c) They complain to hotel management.
(d) They make the best of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calvin, Alice believes which one of the following statements to be true?

2. In chapter five, which person is mentioned as having volunteered at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp?

3. Where does Alice once work?

4. According to Calvin, which one of the following qualities does NOT characterize his wife Alice?

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

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