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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(c) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

2. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Getty Gas truck.
(b) A Duncan Hines truck.
(c) A Borden Milk truck.
(d) A Sunbeam Bread truck.

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

4. Where did Bruce Bechdel go to see a psychiatrist in Chapter 6?
(a) New Hope.
(b) Wilmington.
(c) Danville.
(d) New Brunswick.

5. The author describes her childhood home as being built in a brief moment of wealth from the lumber industry in what year?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Chapter 7 refers to a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction?

2. What is the answer to the question posed in Chapter 7: "Who's Mr. Antolini?"

3. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?

4. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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