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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 had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?
(a) An audition for a play.
(b) A book that he had written.
(c) A tour guide for a museum.
(d) A journal entry.

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

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

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

5. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?
(a) 12:45 p.m.
(b) 9:30 p.m.
(c) 11:10 a.m.
(d) 8:45 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

2. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

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

4. When did President Nixon resign as a result of the Watergate scandal?

5. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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