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

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

4. What is the Alice Tax?
(a) An idea for raising funds through college alumni associations.
(b) A fee that Alice charges her husband for reading his rough drafts.
(c) A fine assessed to her children when they behave badly.
(d) An idea to place a limit on how much money people keep for themselves.

5. What is Alice's Law of Compensatory Cash Flow?
(a) A tax theory.
(b) After a certain level of income, the government should take everything.
(c) Any money not spent on a luxury you can't afford is the equivalent of windfall income.
(d) Things like perfume, clothing, and jewelry should be purchased with money from her own paychecks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, which one is an accurate statement of Calvin's views?

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

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

4. Where does Alice once work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alice's attitude toward cigarettes?

2. What is Alice's attitude toward spending money?

3. What is the SEEK program? Why is it important to Alice?

4. Why does Calvin Trillin show his wife Alice his rough drafts?

5. In chapter four, do you think Calvin Trillin is wise to not to take the advice of his colleague?

6. Why does Alice believe that "Herbie" deserves to be paid more than what he originally quoted for his contracting services?

7. What reasons does Mina Shaughnessy give to justify her choice of clothing?

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

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

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

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