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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1949.

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

3. 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 spaceship."
(b) "A silo."
(c) "A submarine."
(d) "A prison."

4. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

5. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?
(a) "Epicurian Games."
(b) "Icarian Games."
(c) "Homeric Games."
(d) "Daedalus Games."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

2. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

3. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?

4. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

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

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