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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. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?
(a) His brother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His therapist.
(d) His student.

2. 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?
(a) November.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) December.

3. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "Perhaps."
(b) "On a day."
(c) "Too soon."
(d) "I think."

4. In what year does the author describe the energy crisis and the year-round daylight savings it entailed in Chapter 5?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1974.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mark Douglas Walsh's brother?

2. What was Beth's last name?

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

4. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?

5. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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