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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 daisies.
(b) A bouquet of lilies.
(c) A bouquet of roses.
(d) A bouquet of pansies.

2. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Fontana.
(c) Roth.
(d) Smith.

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

4. What is the author's mother's middle name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Augusta.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Michelle.

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

6. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Antihero's Journey."
(b) "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death."
(c) "Sunday Morning."
(d) "A Walk in the Woods."

7. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) June 14.
(b) August 6.
(c) September 4.
(d) May 12.

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

9. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?
(a) June 20, 1974.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) March 3, 1971.
(d) September 3, 1972.

10. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?
(a) The Wall of China.
(b) The Panama Canal.
(c) The Aqueduct.
(d) Hadrian's Wall.

11. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The river.
(b) The pond.
(c) The map.
(d) The house.

12. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Crepuscular.
(d) Legerdemain.

13. 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) November.
(b) July.
(c) December.
(d) March.

14. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Claude.
(c) Homer.
(d) Henry.

15. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?
(a) Every 7 years.
(b) Every 17 years.
(c) Every 10 years.
(d) Every 12 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?

2. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's mother?

3. What was Beth's stepmother's name?

4. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

5. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?

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