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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Legerdemain.
(d) Gregarious.

2. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A white plastic cup.
(b) A purple metal cup.
(c) A blue bucket.
(d) A red bucket.

3. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Morris Townsend.

4. How did F. Scott Fitzgerald die?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He swallowed a bottle lid.

5. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) John.
(d) Christian.

6. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?
(a) April Rabbits.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) Just So Stories.
(d) James and the Giant Peach.

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

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

9. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

10. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?
(a) 44.
(b) 35.
(c) 51.
(d) 49.

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

12. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?
(a) English.
(b) Biology.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Drama.

13. In what role was the author's mother performing in the play when she met her husband?
(a) Miss Malaprop.
(b) Lady Bracknell.
(c) Katherina.
(d) Juliet.

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

15. 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) "Pristine."
(b) "Beautiful."
(c) "What they were not."
(d) "Historical."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?

2. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?

3. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

4. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?

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?

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