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

2. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) Gilbet Osmond.

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

4. What color does the author describe coloring the gypsy caravan in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Canary yellow.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Midnight blue.
(d) Bright purple.

5. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Newspaper articles about the war.
(b) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.
(c) Cracks in the sidewalk.
(d) Books and letters that began with "M."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?

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

4. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?

5. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author say that her family witnessed lots of sunrises in 1974?

2. When did Alison Bechdel's obsessive-compulsive tendencies begin to appear? What did they entail?

3. What play does the author describe her mother in rehearsals for in Chapter 6? Why is this significant?

4. What symbolism can be seen in the fallen trees in Chapter 6?

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

6. How did the author feel about rehearsing lines with her mother in Chapter 6?

7. What impacts of her parents' "creative solitude" does the author describe in Chapter 5?

8. What does the title of Chapter 5, "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death" allude to?

9. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?

10. How did the author overcome her obsessive-compulsive tendencies?

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