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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "Annabel Lee."
(c) "Death is the Mother of Beauty."
(d) "Two Roads Diverged."

3. Over what mountains does the author describe her sunrise rising as a child in Chapter 5?
(a) Over the White Mountains.
(b) Over the Bald Eagle Mountains.
(c) Over the Cascade Mountains.
(d) Over the Scott Mountains.

4. 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.

5. What is the name of the autobiography that the author describes her father giving to her in Chapter 7?
(a) Wandering Alone.
(b) The Long Journey.
(c) The Road.
(d) Earthly Paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

2. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?

3. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

4. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

5. What term from Chapter 7 refers to a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction?

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