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

2. 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 financially well off, but physically ill people who "don't have a very nice life" ware not as attractive as she.
(b) People who "don't have a very nice life" are obscenely rich.
(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.

3. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?
(a) SEEK.
(b) The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
(c) Connecticut Woods.
(d) Transitions.

4. What is the name of the club where Alice sometimes has lunch with her friend Wally Popolizio?
(a) The New York Health and Fitness Club.
(b) The New York Bridge Club.
(c) Tiro e Segno.
(d) Italian-American Club.

5. What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Passive.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alice's phrase for living in surroundings that are less than nice?

2. According to Calvin, his wife enjoys spending money on which one of the following?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Alice's attitude toward cigarettes?

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

4. Explain the Alice Tax.

5. In what ways are Calvin Trillin and Alice lucky?

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

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

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

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

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

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