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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) A Swiss army knife.
(c) A book.
(d) A men's suit.

2. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 26.
(d) 5.

3. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Simile.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) William James.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) Edgar Spency.
(d) James Waldrop.

5. On what street did the author grow up?
(a) Anderson Street.
(b) Willow Street.
(c) Maple Avenue.
(d) Riverview Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

2. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?

3. What did the Drs. Gryglewicz give to the author's mother on her opening night of the play in Chapter 6?

4. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

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

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