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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?
(a) A book that he had written.
(b) A tour guide for a museum.
(c) An audition for a play.
(d) A journal entry.

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) London.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Paris.

3. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Mr. Darcy.
(b) Petruchio.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Macbeth.

4. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) Anaïs Nin.
(b) E. H. Shepard.
(c) E. M. Forster.
(d) J. R. R. Tolkien.

5. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?
(a) Jack.
(b) Roger.
(c) Dave.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

3. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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