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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 7/2/80.
(b) 12/1/75.
(c) 6/29/80.
(d) 5/3/76.

2. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Christian Scientist.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Baptist.

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

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

5. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?
(a) It is a Catholic cross.
(b) It is a Celtic cross.
(c) It is an obelisk.
(d) It is a star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's mother study acting?

2. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

3. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

4. What skillful craftsman and artist from Greek mythology does the author compare her father to in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?

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