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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?
(a) Vertigo.
(b) Rear Window.
(c) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(d) It's a Wonderful Life.

2. 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) 12/1/75.
(c) 7/2/80.
(d) 6/29/80.

3. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A book.
(b) A Swiss army knife.
(c) A men's suit.
(d) A pair of earrings.

4. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?
(a) Lies.
(b) Truth.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Doll houses.

5. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?
(a) "A Nail in the Coffin."
(b) "Odysseus."
(c) "Two Roads Diverged."
(d) "Sunday Morning."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's mother study acting?

2. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?

3. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?

4. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?

5. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?

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