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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year does Alice die?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1976.
(d) 2006.
2. In Calvin's second poem in chapter three, he likens Alice to which of the following?
(a) A dietitian in sensible shoes.
(b) A World War II nurse.
(c) A fast driver.
(d) A lass from Generation X.
3. In chapter one, Calvin includes an excerpt from a letter that Alice writes to a woman who is victimized. What Shakespeare play does she reference in her letter?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Hamlet.
4. Calvin states that he never sees Alice read which type of magazine?
(a) Finance.
(b) Literary.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Medical.
5. What is the first thing that strikes Calvin about Alice when he sees her for the first time?
(a) Alice is opinionated.
(b) Alice is so very pretty.
(c) Alice looks more alive than anyone he sees.
(d) Alice is talkative.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which phrase best characterizes the relationship that Alice has with her parents?
2. How does Calvin describe the impact of Alice's beauty on her life?
3. In the days when he is renovating his home, Trillin has this quote above his typewriter.
4. What is Alice's maiden name?
5. At the end of chapter three, Calvin tells a story about Alice in which she makes an annual trip to which of the following locations?
Short Essay Questions
1. Chapter three contains two humorous poems about Alice. What theme do they share?
2. When Calvin Trillin describes the first time he sees Alice in chapter two, what does he say is the first thing that strikes him about her? Is it simply her attractiveness, or something else?
3. In chapter three, why does Alice accept the request to be photographed in a fashion issue of a magazine?
4. Calvin Trillin states that from the day he meets Alice, he never stops trying to impress her. Why?
5. In what ways do you think Alice serves as Calvin Trillin's muse? Include characteristics that inspire his writing.
6. In chapter two, Calvin Trillin draws a parallel in the relationship between the novelist Dick Francis and his late wife Mary and Trillin's own marriage to Alice. Explain.
7. In chapter one, Trillin reveals that although his readers become familiar with Alice as a sensible, somewhat serious character in his books and articles, they never really know her. Why?
8. Does Alice believe she is accurately portrayed in Trillin's books and articles? Briefly describe why or why not.
9. In chapter two, Calvin Trillin reveals that he never stops trying to impress his wife Alice. Give an example of this.
10. What does Alice keep in her Important Things envelope? Why are the things inside it so important to her?
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