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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) Miami.
(b) Ottawa.
(c) New Brunswick.
(d) New York City.

2. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

3. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 5/3/76.
(b) 6/29/80.
(c) 12/1/75.
(d) 7/2/80.

4. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A red bucket.
(b) A blue bucket.
(c) A white plastic cup.
(d) A purple metal cup.

5. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?
(a) "Icarian Games."
(b) "Homeric Games."
(c) "Daedalus Games."
(d) "Epicurian Games."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bruce Bechdel born?

2. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?

3. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?

4. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

5. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

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