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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 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.

2. 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."

3. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Lady Bracknell.
(d) Lady Macbeth.

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

5. What grade does the author describe getting on her algebra test in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) 58.
(b) 69.
(c) 77.
(d) 98.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

2. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?

3. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?

4. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?

5. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described in the police report that the author illustrates in Chapter 6?

2. What is the significance of the locusts that the author describes in Chapter 6?

3. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?

4. What does the author describe her mother discovering on an audio tape in Chapter 5?

5. What does the title of Chapter 5, "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death" allude to?

6. How does the author describe the changes in her diary in Chapter 6?

7. How does the author describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

8. How does Bechdel describe her mother's talents in Chapter 5?

9. What play does the author describe her mother in rehearsals for in Chapter 6? Why is this significant?

10. Why does the author say that her family witnessed lots of sunrises in 1974?

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