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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 did the Drs. Gryglewicz give to the author's mother on her opening night of the play in Chapter 6?
(a) A bouquet of pansies.
(b) A bouquet of daisies.
(c) A bouquet of lilies.
(d) A bouquet of roses.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what street did the author grow up?

3. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?

4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?

5. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is alluded to in the title of Chapter 6, "The Ideal Husband"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. With whom did Alison Bechdel and her brothers go to stay for several days in Chapter 6? Why?

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

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

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