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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Amanda Stewart.
(b) Martha Stewart.
(c) Donna Reed.
(d) Bette Davis.

2. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

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

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

5. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?
(a) 2 weeks earlier.
(b) 1 week earlier.
(c) 4 months earlier.
(d) 2 months earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

5. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?

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