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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the author in Europe when she convinced her parents for the right to trade a tank suit for shorts at the beach?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) London.

2. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?
(a) E. H. Shepard.
(b) Radclyffe Hall.
(c) Dr. Spock.
(d) Morris Townsend.

4. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 800.

5. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) T. S. Elliot.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

2. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?

3. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?

4. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?

5. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?

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