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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On what street did the author grow up?
(a) Willow Street.
(b) Anderson Street.
(c) Maple Avenue.
(d) Riverview Avenue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 800.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 1,000.

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

13. Where did the author's mother tell her they might move because of her father's court hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) Louisiana or Georgia.
(b) New York or Massachusetts.
(c) Mississippi or Arkansas.
(d) California or Oregon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?

2. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?

3. Who is the author of Little Women?

4. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

5. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?

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