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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Mr. Darcy.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Petruchio.
(d) Hamlet.

2. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(b) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."
(c) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"
(d) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."

3. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A submarine."
(b) "A silo."
(c) "A spaceship."
(d) "A prison."

4. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Antagonism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

2. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?

3. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

4. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?

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

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