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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A pair of earrings.
(b) A book.
(c) A men's suit.
(d) A Swiss army knife.

2. Where did the author's mother tell her they might move because of her father's court hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Louisiana or Georgia.
(b) California or Oregon.
(c) New York or Massachusetts.
(d) Mississippi or Arkansas.

3. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) T. S. Elliot.

4. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Completing school assignments.
(b) Talking to her parents.
(c) Abandoning obsessions.
(d) Writing in her journal.

5. 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 spaceship."
(b) "A submarine."
(c) "A prison."
(d) "A silo."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?

2. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?

3. On what street did the author grow up?

4. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

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

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