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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?
(a) 35.
(b) 49.
(c) 44.
(d) 51.

2. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?
(a) Dr. Spock.
(b) E. H. Shepard.
(c) Morris Townsend.
(d) Radclyffe Hall.

3. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?
(a) Doll houses.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Lies.
(d) Truth.

4. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?
(a) Interstate 150.
(b) Interstate 67.
(c) Interstate 80.
(d) Interstate 101.

5. 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?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

2. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?

3. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?

4. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?

5. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?

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