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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) Christopher Robin.
(c) Jiminy Cricket.
(d) Alice.

2. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 22.

3. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) William Anderson.
(b) Gilbet Osmond.
(c) James Fletcher.
(d) Morris Townsend.

4. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Ohio State University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Pennsylvania State University.

5. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By letter.
(b) By phone call.
(c) By email.
(d) By telling them in person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?

2. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

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

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

5. The author describes her childhood home as being built in a brief moment of wealth from the lumber industry in what year?

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