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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What slang term is used in Chapter 7 to describe "guys who prey on young boys"?
(a) "Chickadees."
(b) "Snakes."
(c) "Chickenhawks."
(d) "Cougars."

2. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?
(a) Vertigo.
(b) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(c) Rear Window.
(d) It's a Wonderful Life.

3. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?
(a) A journal entry.
(b) An audition for a play.
(c) A tour guide for a museum.
(d) A book that he had written.

4. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"
(b) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."
(c) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(d) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."

5. Who wrote the novel Ulysses?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Louisa May Alcott.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) E. M. Forster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

2. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

3. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

4. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

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

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