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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?
(a) Wallace Stevens's father.
(b) Morris Townsend's father.
(c) James Forster's father.
(d) Alfred Douglas's father.

3. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) At age 5.
(b) At age 7.
(c) At age 9.
(d) At age 11.

4. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At the Bullpen.
(b) At the theater.
(c) At her childhood home.
(d) At a cemetery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?

3. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?

4. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?

5. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

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