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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A silo."
(b) "A prison."
(c) "A submarine."
(d) "A spaceship."

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Gregarious.

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

4. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Saint Vitus Dance.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Cerebral palsy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?

2. On what street did the author grow up?

3. When did President Nixon resign as a result of the Watergate scandal?

4. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?

5. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?

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