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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Christian Scientist.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Episcopalian.

2. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) 20 miles away.
(b) 30 miles away.
(c) 5 miles away.
(d) 10 miles away.

3. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Morris Townsend.

4. What were the imaginary names that the author and her friend Beth used when they dressed in her father's clothing in Chapter 6?
(a) Elsa Gidlow and James Spader.
(b) Jimmy Richards and Pauly Ocean.
(c) Rocky Raccoon and Ricky Waters.
(d) Billy McKean and Bobby McCool.

5. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) People.
(c) Gentlemen's Quarterly.
(d) Reader's Digest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

2. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?

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

4. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?

5. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?

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