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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. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?

2. How far away from her childhood home was the "pre-clean air act paper mill" that the author describes in Chapter 5?

3. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

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

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

3. Why does the author say that her family witnessed lots of sunrises in 1974?

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

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

6. What does the author describe her mother discovering on an audio tape in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the secrets of Bruce Bechdel that are revealed in the course of the narrative. How did these secrets impact the Bechdel family? How did they impact his marriage? How does the author feel about the secrets she discovered about her father?

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