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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) "What they were not."
(b) "Beautiful."
(c) "Pristine."
(d) "Historical."

2. How far away was the author in college when her father died?
(a) 10 hours away.
(b) 4 hours away.
(c) 5 hours away.
(d) 2 hours away.

3. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) September 1, 1971.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) March 13, 1963.
(d) June 3, 1969.

4. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Borden Milk truck.
(b) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(c) A Duncan Hines truck.
(d) A Getty Gas truck.

5. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Literary allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?

2. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?

3. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?

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

5. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

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