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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Granite.
(c) Marble.
(d) Fieldstone.

2. How did the author's father die?
(a) He was shot on a hunting trip.
(b) He was hit by a truck.
(c) He drowned in a river.
(d) He hung himself.

3. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Historical restoration.
(c) Drinking Scotch.
(d) Clothing design.

4. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?
(a) "Beautiful."
(b) "What they were not."
(c) "Historical."
(d) "Pristine."

5. Of her father, the author writes in Chapter 1, "... my brothers and I were free labor. Dad considered us extensions of his own body, like" what?
(a) "Gilded wings."
(b) "Enslaved legs and arms."
(c) "Hairy fingertips."
(d) "Precision robot arms."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?

2. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?

3. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

4. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

5. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?

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