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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) Jiminy Cricket.
(d) Christopher Robin.

2. What were the imaginary names that the author and her friend Beth used when they dressed in her father's clothing in Chapter 6?
(a) Jimmy Richards and Pauly Ocean.
(b) Billy McKean and Bobby McCool.
(c) Rocky Raccoon and Ricky Waters.
(d) Elsa Gidlow and James Spader.

3. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?
(a) The Importance of Being Earnest.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(c) No Sex Please, We're British.
(d) Cowboy Mouth.

4. Who is the author of Catcher in the Rye?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) J. D. Salinger.
(c) E. M. Forster.
(d) E. H. Shepard.

5. What does the word "lacuna" mean as used in Chapter 6?
(a) A gap.
(b) A leap.
(c) A book.
(d) A phrase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when the author got her first period?

2. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?

3. At whose apartment did the author's family stay when they visited New York in 1976?

4. What "lesbian-feminist singer" is described as having a concert in Chapter 7?

5. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?

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