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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. Who does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her daughter lives with in Portland?

2. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" get tired of, that leads her to have the procedure?

3. What does the narrator compare Petra to, when she sits on top of her?

4. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?

5. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of operation does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go in for?

2. In "The Resident," what does The Painter say that the narrator feels she has heard before?

3. What kind of manager is Gizzy in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

4. What is the narrator’s relationship like, with her shadow self in "Eight Bites"?

5. in "The Resident," what is the "Brownie song," and what role does it play in the story?

6. Why do the narrator of "Eight Bites" and her sisters want this operation?

7. What is the narrator’s health like, in "The Resident," and how does it affect the story?

8. What is the narrator’s relationship like with Petra, in the beginning of "Real Women Have Bodies"?

9. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

10. What project does the author plan to work on at Devil’s Mouth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Her Body and Other Parties. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the proposition that Her Body and Other Parties is obscene and should be censored for high school students.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Resident," the narrator says that her talent comes from the ability to ‘manipulate proportions.’ Assess this statement in terms of its applicability to Machado’s book as a whole. Where do you see this quality in the stories? Is it the main source of the strength in Machado’s work? What other talents compete with this quality, to be the most important part of her work?

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