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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Christopher Robin.
(b) Alice.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) Jiminy Cricket.

2. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?
(a) Christian.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

3. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."
(b) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"
(c) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(d) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."

4. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) "Death is the Mother of Beauty."
(b) "Two Roads Diverged."
(c) "Sunday Morning."
(d) "Annabel Lee."

5. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) March 13, 1963.
(b) June 3, 1969.
(c) June 29, 1967.
(d) September 1, 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?

3. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

4. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?

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

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