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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 name of Bruce Bechdel's mother?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Helen.
(c) Marie.
(d) Dorothy.

2. What does the word "lacuna" mean as used in Chapter 6?
(a) A gap.
(b) A leap.
(c) A book.
(d) A phrase.

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

4. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?
(a) Interstate 101.
(b) Interstate 150.
(c) Interstate 67.
(d) Interstate 80.

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Ohio State University.
(d) Pennsylvania State University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Over what mountains does the author describe her sunrise rising as a child in Chapter 5?

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

4. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

5. Where was the calendar from that Bruce Bechdel gave to his daughter to use as a diary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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