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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) A House of Pomegranates.
(c) De Profundis.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

4. What television show does the author describe as "the dumbest T.V. show in the world. Next to the Brady Bunch" in Chapter 6?
(a) Mork and Mindy.
(b) Sonny and Cher.
(c) The Jeffersons.
(d) All in the Family.

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

6. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 6.

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

8. What is the author's mother's middle name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Anne.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 a cemetery.
(c) At the theater.
(d) At her childhood home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?

2. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?

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

4. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

5. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?

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