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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Maudlin.
(d) Legerdemain.

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

3. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) "Two Roads Diverged."
(b) "Sunday Morning."
(c) "Annabel Lee."
(d) "Death is the Mother of Beauty."

4. 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) 26.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

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

9. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?
(a) Hadrian's Wall.
(b) The Wall of China.
(c) The Aqueduct.
(d) The Panama Canal.

10. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?
(a) Interstate 101.
(b) Interstate 150.
(c) Interstate 67.
(d) Interstate 80.

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

12. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Ohio State University.
(d) Pennsylvania State University.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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