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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Legerdemain.

2. On what street did the author grow up?
(a) Anderson Street.
(b) Maple Avenue.
(c) Willow Street.
(d) Riverview Avenue.

3. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Bright purple.
(c) Canary yellow.
(d) Midnight blue.

4. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By telling them in person.
(b) By email.
(c) By phone call.
(d) By letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?

2. Who is Lady Brett equated to be from The Sun Also Rises in Chapter 7?

3. Whose autobiography does the author describe her father giving to her in Chapter 7?

4. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?

5. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?

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