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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?
(a) 6.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

2. What was Beth's last name?
(a) Walton.
(b) Bryg.
(c) Skawinski.
(d) Gryglewicz.

3. On what date did Bruce Bechdel complete his required counseling after his trial?
(a) March 13, 1976.
(b) June 20, 1974.
(c) April 2, 1975.
(d) June 29, 1967.

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

5. What did the Drs. Gryglewicz give to the author's mother on her opening night of the play in Chapter 6?
(a) A bouquet of lilies.
(b) A bouquet of roses.
(c) A bouquet of pansies.
(d) A bouquet of daisies.

6. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Bright purple.
(b) Canary yellow.
(c) Midnight blue.
(d) Salmon.

7. The title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?
(a) Edward Albee.
(b) Radclyffe Hall.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

8. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Saint Vitus Dance.
(d) Cerebral palsy.

9. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "Too soon."
(b) "On a day."
(c) "Perhaps."
(d) "I think."

10. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) November.
(d) December.

11. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "Two Roads Diverged."
(c) "Annabel Lee."
(d) "Death is the Mother of Beauty."

12. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

13. Where did the author's mother tell her they might move because of her father's court hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) New York or Massachusetts.
(b) California or Oregon.
(c) Louisiana or Georgia.
(d) Mississippi or Arkansas.

14. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

15. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Shawn.
(b) Gerald Kimble.
(c) Edward Albee.
(d) Paul Osborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?

2. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?

3. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?

4. What is the author's mother's middle name?

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

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