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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Beth's last name?
(a) Bryg.
(b) Walton.
(c) Gryglewicz.
(d) Skawinski.

3. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) October.

4. What magazine did the author's mother give her for her 14th birthday?
(a) Cosmopolitan.
(b) People.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) Gentlemen's Quarterly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?

4. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

5. The title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bechdel describe the political atmosphere when she was 13 in Chapter 6?

2. What does the author describe her mother discovering on an audio tape in Chapter 5?

3. Why did Bruce Bechdel tell his daughter he was going to Danville in Chapter 6?

4. How does the author describe the changes in her diary in Chapter 6?

5. What is revealed of Bruce Bechdel's obituary in Chapter 5?

6. How does Bechdel describe her mother's talents in Chapter 5?

7. Describe the dream in the beginning of Chapter 5. What symbolism can be seen in the dream?

8. What does Bechdel write regarding the trial of Oscar Wilde in Chapter 6?

9. How did the author respond when she began menstruating in Chapter 6?

10. What is the significance of the locusts that the author describes in Chapter 6?

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