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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what role was the author's mother performing in the play when she met her husband?
(a) Miss Malaprop.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Lady Bracknell.
(d) Katherina.

2. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By letter.
(b) By phone call.
(c) By email.
(d) By telling them in person.

3. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?
(a) Route 80.
(b) Route 150.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) The funeral home.

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

5. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?
(a) Rear Window.
(b) It's a Wonderful Life.
(c) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(d) Vertigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?

2. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

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

4. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

5. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?

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