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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

4. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the genre and format of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Is the book fiction or nonfiction? Under what sub-genres is the book categorized? What is noteworthy about the book's genre and format?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the dream imagery that Bechdel presents in Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. How would you describe the images of these dream sequences? What similes, metaphors, and other literary devices are employed in the dream imagery?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characterization of the author's mother, Helen Bechdel in the memoir. How would you describe the relationship between Alison and Helen Bechdel? What did Helen Bechdel study and how does the author describe her mother's talents?

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