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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 compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Egalitarian.

2. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) France.
(b) Norway.
(c) Italy.
(d) Switzerland.

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

4. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Getty Gas truck.
(b) A Duncan Hines truck.
(c) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(d) A Borden Milk truck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?

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

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

4. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?

5. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?

(see the answer key)

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