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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Lady Bracknell.
(d) Juliet.

4. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) Dr. Spock.

5. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) E. H. Shepard.
(b) Anaïs Nin.
(c) E. M. Forster.
(d) J. R. R. Tolkien.

6. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) 20 miles away.
(b) 30 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 5 miles away.

7. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?
(a) Every 12 years.
(b) Every 17 years.
(c) Every 7 years.
(d) Every 10 years.

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

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

10. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?
(a) E. H. Shepard.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Sam Shepard.
(d) Edward Albee.

11. 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) Cowboy Mouth.
(d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

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

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

14. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) April 26, 1895.
(b) May 12, 1888.
(c) June 29, 1899.
(d) March 10, 1875.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?

2. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?

3. On what date did Bruce Bechdel complete his required counseling after his trial?

4. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?

5. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?

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