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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?
(a) 2 weeks prior.
(b) 2 months prior.
(c) 2 days prior.
(d) 1 week prior.

3. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A purple metal cup.
(b) A white plastic cup.
(c) A blue bucket.
(d) A red bucket.

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

5. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?
(a) Just So Stories.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) April Rabbits.
(d) James and the Giant Peach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?

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

4. 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?

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

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