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

2. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?
(a) Cucumber sandwiches.
(b) Roast beef sandwiches.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Gingersnap cookies.

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

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

5. What television show does the author describe as "the dumbest T.V. show in the world. Next to the Brady Bunch" in Chapter 6?
(a) Sonny and Cher.
(b) The Jeffersons.
(c) All in the Family.
(d) Mork and Mindy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?

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

4. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?

5. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Alison Bechdel and her brothers go to stay for several days in Chapter 6? Why?

2. What impacts of her parents' "creative solitude" does the author describe in Chapter 5?

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

4. How did the author overcome her obsessive-compulsive tendencies?

5. What does Bechdel write regarding the trial of Oscar Wilde in Chapter 6?

6. What symbolism can be seen in the fallen trees in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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