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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. On what street did the author grow up?

2. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?

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

4. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

5. In Bruce Bechdel's trial, the judge agreed to dismiss the charges against him if he did what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the title of Chapter 5, "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death" allude to?

5. How does Bechdel describe the political atmosphere when she was 13 in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the events surrounding Bruce Bechdel's trial in the narrative. What was Bruce Bechdel charged with? By whom was he charged? What was the outcome of the trial? How did the trial affect the author and her family?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. How would you describe the author's relationships within her family? Was/is the Bechdel family affectionate? How did Alison Bechdel's family influence her?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss some of the elements of irony in Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. What are examples of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony in the narrative? Why does the author employ irony? What are the effects of each example on the reader?

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