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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Alice's professional background?
2. What is the name of the camp where Alice volunteers to work with seriously ill children?
3. Select the city in which Calvin and Alice have a disagreement about money.
4. Of the following, which one best describes Calvin and Alice's first home?
5. What is one of the most negative words that Alice uses to describe a person?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Alice's attitude toward spending money?
2. What is the SEEK program? Why is it important to Alice?
3. Alice believes that all people are capable of learning and can be taught new things, regardless of their background, provided they have the desire. Do you agree? Why or why not?
4. What is the one thing that Alice forbids her teenage daughters from doing?
5. What is Alice's attitude toward cigarettes?
6. Describe the Trillins' trip to Japan. What does their disagreement say about their marriage?
7. In chapter four, do you think Calvin Trillin is wise to not to take the advice of his colleague?
8. Describe what Alice means when she says that someone "doesn't have a nice life."
9. In chapter five, following Alice's bypass operation, what warning does Alice's surgeon give Calvin Trillin?
10. Explain the Alice Tax.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write about the levels of perseverance exhibited by Alice and Calvin.
Part 1) In what ways does Alice or Calvin exhibit perseverance?
Part 2) What keeps them hopeful?
Part 3) Do either person ever lose hope? If so, when? What is the outcome?
Cite examples from the book in your response.
Essay Topic 2
Is About Alice a life-affirming memoir? Why or why not? Cite examples from the book in your response.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining the secret that Alice learns from a little girl named L. at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. What special meaning does this lesson carry for Alice? In what ways is L. similar to Alice in the way she lives her life? Cite examples from the book in your response.
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