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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What month was it when the author got her first period?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) March.
2. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Gregarious.
3. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.
4. What does the word "lacuna" mean as used in Chapter 6?
(a) A gap.
(b) A book.
(c) A leap.
(d) A phrase.
5. What was Beth's last name?
(a) Walton.
(b) Skawinski.
(c) Bryg.
(d) Gryglewicz.
Short Answer Questions
1. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?
2. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?
3. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?
4. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?
5. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the changes in her diary in Chapter 6?
2. How does Bechdel describe the political atmosphere when she was 13 in Chapter 6?
3. What symbolism can be seen in the fallen trees in Chapter 6?
4. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?
5. What did the author learn about obsessive-compulsive disorder from reading Dr. Spock?
6. How did the author feel about rehearsing lines with her mother in Chapter 6?
7. Why does the author say that her family witnessed lots of sunrises in 1974?
8. What is alluded to in the title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband"?
9. What is described in the police report that the author illustrates in Chapter 6?
10. With whom did Alison Bechdel and her brothers go to stay for several days in Chapter 6? Why?
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