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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A red bucket.
(b) A purple metal cup.
(c) A white plastic cup.
(d) A blue bucket.

2. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Edna Waldrop.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Emily Wharton.
(d) Isabel Archer.

3. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "I think."
(b) "Perhaps."
(c) "Too soon."
(d) "On a day."

4. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) 10 miles away.
(b) 20 miles away.
(c) 30 miles away.
(d) 5 miles away.

5. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) People.
(c) Gentlemen's Quarterly.
(d) Reader's Digest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

2. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

3. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?

4. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?

5. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?

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