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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1977.

2. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

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

4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Cracks in the sidewalk.
(b) Newspaper articles about the war.
(c) Books and letters that began with "M."
(d) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.

5. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Gregarious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Bruce Bechdel's trial, the judge agreed to dismiss the charges against him if he did what?

2. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

3. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

5. When was Bruce Bechdel born?

(see the answer key)

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