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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "I think."
(b) "On a day."
(c) "Perhaps."
(d) "Too soon."

2. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?
(a) Beech Creek, PA.
(b) Brigdon, NY.
(c) New Hope, PA.
(d) Mapleton, MA.

3. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The river.
(b) The pond.
(c) The house.
(d) The map.

4. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1980.

5. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.
(b) Newspaper articles about the war.
(c) Books and letters that began with "M."
(d) Cracks in the sidewalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?

2. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?

3. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?

4. How old was the author when her father died?

5. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?

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