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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was solid red.
(b) It was green and white dots.
(c) It was blue with stripes.
(d) It was pink with flowers.

2. 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?
(a) "Pristine."
(b) "Beautiful."
(c) "What they were not."
(d) "Historical."

3. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) New York City.
(b) Miami.
(c) Ottawa.
(d) New Brunswick.

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?
(a) Car grease and toothpaste and soap.
(b) Sawdust and sweat and designer cologne.
(c) Laundry soap, wool, and attic dust.
(d) Fish, eggs, and laundry.

5. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's brother?

2. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?

3. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

4. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

5. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?

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