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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

2. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a professional musician.
(d) He was a funeral director.

3. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) 20 miles away.
(b) 30 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 5 miles away.

4. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Isabel Archer.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Emily Wharton.
(d) Edna Waldrop.

5. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Abandoning obsessions.
(b) Completing school assignments.
(c) Talking to her parents.
(d) Writing in her journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

2. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

3. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

5. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?

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