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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?
(a) Calculus.
(b) English.
(c) Drama.
(d) Biology.

2. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) April 26, 1895.
(b) June 29, 1899.
(c) May 12, 1888.
(d) March 10, 1875.

3. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) August 6.
(b) September 4.
(c) June 14.
(d) May 12.

4. What does the word "lacuna" mean as used in Chapter 6?
(a) A gap.
(b) A book.
(c) A leap.
(d) A phrase.

5. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?
(a) "What they were not."
(b) "Historical."
(c) "Pristine."
(d) "Beautiful."

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the imaginary names that the author and her friend Beth used when they dressed in her father's clothing in Chapter 6?

2. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?

3. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

4. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?

5. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

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