1. What book did the author's father give to her, saying that "the first three stories are like drafts from Portrait" in Chapter 7?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Old Man and the Sea.
(c) Dubliners.
(d) Finnegan's Wake.

2. Where was the author in Europe when she convinced her parents for the right to trade a tank suit for shorts at the beach?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. The author writes in Chapter 6, "It's said that homes with pubescent children in them are more prone to" what?
(a) "Conflict."
(b) "Mutiny."
(c) "Violence."
(d) "Poltergeists."

4. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?
(a) 2 weeks prior.
(b) 1 week prior.
(c) 2 months prior.
(d) 2 days prior.

5. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At the theater.
(b) At her childhood home.
(c) At a cemetery.
(d) At the Bullpen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?

2. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?

3. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?

4. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?

5. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?

(see the answer key)

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