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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Beth's last name?
(a) Skawinski.
(b) Bryg.
(c) Walton.
(d) Gryglewicz.

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "A Walk in the Woods."
(c) "The Antihero's Journey."
(d) "Death is the Mother of Beauty."

3. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?
(a) Every 12 years.
(b) Every 10 years.
(c) Every 17 years.
(d) Every 7 years.

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

5. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Albert Camus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?

3. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?

4. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

5. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?

(see the answer key)

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