Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Alison identifies herself as Icarus and her father as Daedalus. However, how does their story differ from the characters of Greek myth?

A) In the myth, it is Icarus who is the inventor; in Alison’s life, it is her father who comes up with creative ideas for playing together.

B) In the myth, it is Icarus who succeeds; in Alison’s life, it is her father who lives a successful life.

C) In the myth, it is Icarus who has relationships with men; in Alison’s life, it is her father who does.

D) In the myth, it is Icarus who fails; in Alison’s life, it is her father who runs into trouble.

2. Which of the following best describes what Alison means when she says that the Bechdel home is a “sort of still-life exhibit with children”? (Chapter 1)

A) The Bechdels worked to make their life appear like a typical American family.

B) Bruce is focused on the aesthetics of restoring their home but is less concerned with connecting emotionally with his children.

C) Helen wants her children to be seen but not heard, and so Alison feels as though she grew up not being able to explore her identity.