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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 is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death."
(b) "Sunday Morning."
(c) "The Antihero's Journey."
(d) "A Walk in the Woods."

2. What author does Bechdel describe having died in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) Anaïs Nin.
(b) E. H. Shepard.
(c) E. M. Forster.
(d) J. R. R. Tolkien.

3. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The river.
(b) The map.
(c) The pond.
(d) The house.

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

5. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was a professional musician.
(c) He was a funeral director.
(d) He was a butcher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

3. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?

4. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?

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. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?

2. How does Bechdel describe her mother's talents in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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