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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) Katherina.
(b) Lady Bracknell.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Miss Malaprop.

2. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack.
(b) James.
(c) Roy.
(d) Roger.

3. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1991.

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

5. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?
(a) Christian.
(b) Peter.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did F. Scott Fitzgerald die?

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

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

4. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?

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

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