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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was the calendar from that Bruce Bechdel gave to his daughter to use as a diary?
(a) Williams Auto Repair.
(b) Ray Burial Vault Co.
(c) Ford Auto Parts.
(d) Jackson Paint Co.

3. How old was John when he was almost accosted in New York in 1976?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

4. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?
(a) Bette Davis.
(b) Donna Reed.
(c) Amanda Stewart.
(d) Martha Stewart.

5. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Lady Bracknell.
(d) Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?

2. Of her father, the author writes in Chapter 1, "... my brothers and I were free labor. Dad considered us extensions of his own body, like" what?

3. In what role was the author's mother performing in the play when she met her husband?

4. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?

5. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?

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