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

2. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) T. S. Elliot.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) E. M. Forster.

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

4. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 26.

5. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author describe putting deadlines for on her wall calendar at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

4. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's mother?

5. What does the word "lacuna" mean as used in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is described in the police report that the author illustrates in Chapter 6?

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

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

8. What did the author learn about obsessive-compulsive disorder from reading Dr. Spock?

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

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

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