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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) August 6.
(b) June 14.
(c) September 4.
(d) May 12.

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

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) The Jeffersons.
(b) Sonny and Cher.
(c) All in the Family.
(d) Mork and Mindy.

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

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

7. Where was the calendar from that Bruce Bechdel gave to his daughter to use as a diary?
(a) Ford Auto Parts.
(b) Williams Auto Repair.
(c) Jackson Paint Co.
(d) Ray Burial Vault Co.

8. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Cerebral palsy.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Saint Vitus Dance.

9. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?
(a) A sunset.
(b) A snake.
(c) A robin.
(d) An eagle.

10. 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) Billy McKean and Bobby McCool.
(c) Elsa Gidlow and James Spader.
(d) Rocky Raccoon and Ricky Waters.

11. 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) Edward Albee.
(d) E. H. Shepard.

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

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

14. 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) Alfred Douglas's father.
(c) Morris Townsend's father.
(d) James Forster's father.

15. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?
(a) Cowboy Mouth.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(c) No Sex Please, We're British.
(d) The Importance of Being Earnest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?

2. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?

3. The author writes in Chapter 6, "It's said that homes with pubescent children in them are more prone to" what?

4. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?

5. What was Beth's last name?

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