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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A submarine."
(b) "A silo."
(c) "A spaceship."
(d) "A prison."

2. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) A Swiss army knife.
(c) A book.
(d) A men's suit.

3. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Isabel Archer.
(b) Edna Waldrop.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Emily Wharton.

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

5. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?
(a) Cassablanca.
(b) The Maltese Falcon.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?

2. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?

4. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?

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

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