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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

3. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was green and white dots.
(b) It was blue with stripes.
(c) It was pink with flowers.
(d) It was solid red.

4. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Talking to her parents.
(b) Abandoning obsessions.
(c) Writing in her journal.
(d) Completing school assignments.

5. How did the author's father die?
(a) He drowned in a river.
(b) He was hit by a truck.
(c) He was shot on a hunting trip.
(d) He hung himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?

3. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

4. What skillful craftsman and artist from Greek mythology does the author compare her father to in Chapter 1?

5. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?

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