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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. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?
2. What noise does Stabler hear, repeatedly, in "Especially Heinous"?
3. Who is abducted by a demon?
4. What does the narrator of "Mothers" dream love might be able to do?
5. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Benson learn to protect herself from the girls with bells for eyes?
2. How would you describe the atmosphere Machado creates in "Especial Heinous"?
3. How is Stabler’s life unlike the girls with bells with eyes?
4. What kind of atmosphere does Machado create with her epigrams?
5. What do we know about the virus that is killing people off in "Inventory"?
6. What can the title of this book mean?
7. What role do the interns play in Stabler and Benson’s drama?
8. What is happening in the ending of "Mothers"?
9. What are Abler and Henson’s relationship with Stabler and Benson?
10. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with the woman from the art class?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is happiness possible, in Machado’s terms? Is it even desirable? If happiness is not the most important thing to feel, what would be more important, in Machado’s world? How does Machado show us ways to explore alternatives to happiness?
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend Her Body and Other Parties? For what purposes would you recommend Her Body and Other Parties, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
What is the role of men in Her Body and Other Parties? How does Machado describe masculinity and the role men play in women’s lives?
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