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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) Anaïs Nin.
(b) E. H. Shepard.
(c) J. R. R. Tolkien.
(d) E. M. Forster.

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

3. The title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Radclyffe Hall.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Edward Albee.

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

5. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Shawn.
(b) Gerald Kimble.
(c) Paul Osborn.
(d) Edward Albee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?

2. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?

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

4. Where did the author's mother tell her they might move because of her father's court hearing in Chapter 6?

5. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?

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