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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. 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) He does a bad job on the project.
(c) The estimated should be correct before starting the project.
(d) He breaks the banister.

2. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy is fourteen years older than Alice.
(b) Mina Shaughnessy is a dietitian.
(c) Mina Shaughnessy is a medical technician.
(d) Mina Shaughnessy is surgeon.

3. Where does Calvin and Alice purchase their first home?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York City.

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

5. 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 not as lucky as Alice and Calvin.
(c) 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.
(d) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alice buy a fur coat?

2. Which woman serve as a personal and professional mentor to Alice?

3. Trillin states that while on a trip to a foreign country, the main subject for discussion by American tourists is ...

4. According to Calvin, what is the definition of an intellectual?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alice's attitude toward cigarettes?

2. In chapter six, explain Calvin Trillin's theory about the person who makes out the mortgage check in a marriage.

3. Describe the Trillins' trip to Japan. What does their disagreement say about their marriage?

4. Explain the Alice Tax.

5. Why does Alice think that marrying Calvin Trillin means she has to live a modest lifestyle?

6. In chapter five, following Alice's bypass operation, what warning does Alice's surgeon give Calvin Trillin?

7. What is the one thing that Alice forbids her teenage daughters from doing?

8. Describe what Alice means when she says that someone "doesn't have a nice life."

9. Compare Calvin Trillin's father to Alice's.

10. Does Alice ever exercise restraint when it comes to controversial subjects?

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