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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 7/2/80.
(b) 12/1/75.
(c) 5/3/76.
(d) 6/29/80.

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

3. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was green and white dots.
(b) It was solid red.
(c) It was blue with stripes.
(d) It was pink with flowers.

4. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Athenian.

5. 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 3, 1969.
(c) June 29, 1967.
(d) March 13, 1963.

6. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?
(a) The funeral home.
(b) Route 150.
(c) Route 80.
(d) His mother's house.

7. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Drinking Scotch.
(c) Historical restoration.
(d) Clothing design.

8. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?
(a) Mapleton, MA.
(b) Brigdon, NY.
(c) Beech Creek, PA.
(d) New Hope, PA.

9. 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 men's suit.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A book.
(d) A Swiss army knife.

10. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War I.

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

12. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Norway.

13. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1949.

14. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?
(a) Donna Reed.
(b) Bette Davis.
(c) Amanda Stewart.
(d) Martha Stewart.

15. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A spaceship."
(b) "A submarine."
(c) "A silo."
(d) "A prison."

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?

2. 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?

3. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?

4. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?

5. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

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