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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) September 1, 1971.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) June 3, 1969.
(d) March 13, 1963.

3. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Antagonistic.
(b) Legerdemain.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Maudlin.

4. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?
(a) It is a star.
(b) It is an obelisk.
(c) It is a Celtic cross.
(d) It is a Catholic cross.

5. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?

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

3. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?

4. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?

5. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

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