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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) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

2. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack.
(b) Roger.
(c) Roy.
(d) James.

3. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?
(a) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(b) No Sex Please, We're British.
(c) Cowboy Mouth.
(d) The Importance of Being Earnest.

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

5. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The pond.
(b) The river.
(c) The house.
(d) The map.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beth's stepmother's name?

2. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

3. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?

4. What novel by Oscar Wilde does the author allude to with the line "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"?

5. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?

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