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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Helen.
(d) Eleanor.

2. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 800.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 1,500.

3. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?
(a) 11:10 a.m.
(b) 12:45 p.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 8:45 a.m.

4. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Shawn.
(b) Edward Albee.
(c) Gerald Kimble.
(d) Paul Osborn.

5. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) Radclyffe Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

2. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?

3. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?

4. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

5. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?

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