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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the imaginary names that the author and her friend Beth used when they dressed in her father's clothing in Chapter 6?
(a) Billy McKean and Bobby McCool.
(b) Jimmy Richards and Pauly Ocean.
(c) Elsa Gidlow and James Spader.
(d) Rocky Raccoon and Ricky Waters.

2. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) April 26, 1895.
(b) June 29, 1899.
(c) November 30, 1900.
(d) March 10, 1875.

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

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

5. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?
(a) The Importance of Being Earnest.
(b) No Sex Please, We're British.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(d) Cowboy Mouth.

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

7. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?
(a) The Wall of China.
(b) Hadrian's Wall.
(c) The Panama Canal.
(d) The Aqueduct.

8. 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 Scott Mountains.
(d) Over the Cascade Mountains.

9. 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"?
(a) The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
(b) De Profundis.
(c) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(d) A House of Pomegranates.

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

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

12. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Blue.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

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

14. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) T. S. Elliot.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

2. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

3. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?

4. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?

5. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?

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