Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Roth.
(c) Fontana.
(d) Smith.
2. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At her childhood home.
(b) At the Bullpen.
(c) At the theater.
(d) At a cemetery.
3. Where did Bruce Bechdel go to see a psychiatrist in Chapter 6?
(a) Danville.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Wilmington.
(d) New Hope.
4. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.
5. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) October.
Short Answer Questions
1. What were the imaginary names that the author and her friend Beth used when they dressed in her father's clothing in Chapter 6?
2. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?
3. The title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?
4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
5. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author overcome her obsessive-compulsive tendencies?
2. What is revealed of Bruce Bechdel's obituary in Chapter 5?
3. What play does the author describe her mother in rehearsals for in Chapter 6? Why is this significant?
4. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?
5. What is the significance of the locusts that the author describes in Chapter 6?
6. What symbolism can be seen in the fallen trees in Chapter 6?
7. What does Bechdel write regarding the trial of Oscar Wilde in Chapter 6?
8. What did the author learn about obsessive-compulsive disorder from reading Dr. Spock?
9. What does the author describe her mother discovering on an audio tape in Chapter 5?
10. Why did Bruce Bechdel tell his daughter he was going to Danville in Chapter 6?
|
This section contains 912 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
