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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bruce Bechdel go to see a psychiatrist in Chapter 6?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Danville.
(d) New Hope.

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

3. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?
(a) A snake.
(b) A robin.
(c) A sunset.
(d) An eagle.

4. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "I think."
(b) "Perhaps."
(c) "Too soon."
(d) "On a day."

5. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?
(a) Gingersnap cookies.
(b) Cucumber sandwiches.
(c) Roast beef sandwiches.
(d) Potato salad.

6. What month was it when the author got her first period?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) March.

7. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Writing in her journal.
(b) Abandoning obsessions.
(c) Completing school assignments.
(d) Talking to her parents.

8. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Books and letters that began with "M."
(b) Newspaper articles about the war.
(c) Cracks in the sidewalk.
(d) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.

9. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Pennsylvania State University.
(c) Ohio State University.
(d) Rutgers University.

10. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?
(a) He was a funeral director.
(b) He was a banker.
(c) He was a professional musician.
(d) He was a butcher.

11. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?
(a) Legerdemain.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Crepuscular.
(d) Maudlin.

12. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At the Bullpen.
(b) At the theater.
(c) At her childhood home.
(d) At a cemetery.

13. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?
(a) Jack.
(b) Pete.
(c) Dave.
(d) Roger.

14. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Shawn.
(b) Paul Osborn.
(c) Edward Albee.
(d) Gerald Kimble.

15. What was Beth's last name?
(a) Gryglewicz.
(b) Bryg.
(c) Walton.
(d) Skawinski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel by Oscar Wilde does the author allude to with the line "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"?

2. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?

3. Over what mountains does the author describe her sunrise rising as a child in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the author of Little Women?

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

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