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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

2. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?
(a) Christine Roth.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) Marie Antony.
(d) Jennifer Roberts.

3. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Maudlin.

4. How did the author's father die?
(a) He drowned in a river.
(b) He hung himself.
(c) He was shot on a hunting trip.
(d) He was hit by a truck.

5. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?
(a) 1 week earlier.
(b) 2 months earlier.
(c) 4 months earlier.
(d) 2 weeks earlier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when the author got her first period?

2. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?

3. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?

5. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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