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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 26.

2. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?
(a) June 20, 1974.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) September 3, 1972.
(d) March 3, 1971.

3. Who is the author of Little Women?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) Anaïs Nin.
(d) E. M. Forster.

4. What was Beth's stepmother's name?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Emily.
(c) Helen.
(d) Sarah.

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

6. The author writes in Chapter 6, "It's said that homes with pubescent children in them are more prone to" what?
(a) "Poltergeists."
(b) "Violence."
(c) "Mutiny."
(d) "Conflict."

7. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?
(a) Two weeks later.
(b) Five days later.
(c) Three days later.
(d) Two days later.

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

9. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) August 6.
(b) June 14.
(c) May 12.
(d) September 4.

10. Over what mountains does the author describe her sunrise rising as a child in Chapter 5?
(a) Over the Bald Eagle Mountains.
(b) Over the White Mountains.
(c) Over the Cascade Mountains.
(d) Over the Scott Mountains.

11. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?
(a) 8:45 a.m.
(b) 11:10 a.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 12:45 p.m.

12. Where was the calendar from that Bruce Bechdel gave to his daughter to use as a diary?
(a) Ray Burial Vault Co.
(b) Jackson Paint Co.
(c) Williams Auto Repair.
(d) Ford Auto Parts.

13. When did President Nixon resign as a result of the Watergate scandal?
(a) June 29, 1967.
(b) September 12, 1973.
(c) March 16, 1974.
(d) August 9, 1974.

14. The title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Edward Albee.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

3. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?

5. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?

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