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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

2. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) Insistent.
(b) Worried.
(c) Nauseated.
(d) Gregarious.

3. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Legerdemain.

4. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) John.
(d) Christian.

5. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1936.

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

7. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Finnegan's Wake.
(c) Dubliners.
(d) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

8. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) The Great Gatsby.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Washington Square.

9. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1962.

10. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Morris Townsend.
(b) William Anderson.
(c) James Fletcher.
(d) Gilbet Osmond.

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

12. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) March 13, 1963.
(b) September 1, 1971.
(c) June 3, 1969.
(d) June 29, 1967.

13. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

14. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

15. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was green and white dots.
(b) It was pink with flowers.
(c) It was blue with stripes.
(d) It was solid red.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

2. What skillful craftsman and artist from Greek mythology does the author compare her father to in Chapter 1?

3. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?

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

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

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