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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) James Joyce.

2. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1939.

3. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's brother?
(a) Tim.
(b) Roger.
(c) Ed.
(d) Jack.

4. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

5. 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?
(a) "Gilded wings."
(b) "Precision robot arms."
(c) "Hairy fingertips."
(d) "Enslaved legs and arms."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?

2. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?

3. How old was the author when her father died?

4. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?

5. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

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