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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the apartment located that the author's family stayed at in New York in 1976?
(a) On Broadway.
(b) On Bleecker Street.
(c) On Houston Street.
(d) On Christopher Street.

2. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) October.

3. In Bruce Bechdel's trial, the judge agreed to dismiss the charges against him if he did what?
(a) Registered as a sex offender.
(b) Moved out of the state.
(c) Made a public apology.
(d) Completed six months of counseling.

4. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?
(a) Sam Shepard.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) Edward Albee.

5. What grade does the author describe getting on her algebra test in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) 69.
(b) 58.
(c) 98.
(d) 77.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?

3. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

4. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

5. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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