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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Insistent.
(c) Nauseated.
(d) Worried.

2. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) June 29, 1899.
(b) November 30, 1900.
(c) March 10, 1875.
(d) April 26, 1895.

3. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At her childhood home.
(b) At the Bullpen.
(c) At a cemetery.
(d) At the theater.

4. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) People.
(d) Gentlemen's Quarterly.

5. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) March 10, 1875.
(b) June 29, 1899.
(c) April 26, 1895.
(d) May 12, 1888.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?

2. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

3. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?

4. 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?

5. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?

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