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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) December.

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

4. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. 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) Jimmy Richards and Pauly Ocean.
(b) Rocky Raccoon and Ricky Waters.
(c) Billy McKean and Bobby McCool.
(d) Elsa Gidlow and James Spader.

6. 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) Wallace Stevens's father.
(c) James Forster's father.
(d) Morris Townsend's father.

7. What grade does the author describe getting on her algebra test in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) 77.
(b) 69.
(c) 98.
(d) 58.

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

9. In Bruce Bechdel's trial, the judge agreed to dismiss the charges against him if he did what?
(a) Completed six months of counseling.
(b) Moved out of the state.
(c) Made a public apology.
(d) Registered as a sex offender.

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

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

12. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?
(a) Fontana.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Roth.
(d) Smith.

13. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1980.

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

15. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?
(a) Gentlemen's Quarterly.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) Cosmopolitan.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

2. What television show does the author describe as "the dumbest T.V. show in the world. Next to the Brady Bunch" in Chapter 6?

3. Where did Bruce Bechdel go to see a psychiatrist in Chapter 6?

4. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?

5. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?

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