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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?
(a) A journal entry.
(b) A tour guide for a museum.
(c) An audition for a play.
(d) A book that he had written.

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

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

5. What did the Drs. Gryglewicz give to the author's mother on her opening night of the play in Chapter 6?
(a) A bouquet of lilies.
(b) A bouquet of pansies.
(c) A bouquet of daisies.
(d) A bouquet of roses.

6. 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) "I think."
(d) "Too soon."

7. On what date did Bruce Bechdel complete his required counseling after his trial?
(a) March 13, 1976.
(b) June 20, 1974.
(c) June 29, 1967.
(d) April 2, 1975.

8. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?
(a) September 3, 1972.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) June 20, 1974.
(d) March 3, 1971.

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

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

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

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

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

14. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) At age 7.
(b) At age 11.
(c) At age 5.
(d) At age 9.

15. 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) December.
(c) March.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?

3. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

4. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?

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

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