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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 Dr. U do when one of her dogs poops in the hall?
2. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize the building at Devil’s Throat?
3. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?
4. What is Edna’s role at Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
5. How does the narrator characterize Petra’s mother, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator’s final act before she goes incorporeal in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
2. What project does the author plan to work on at Devil’s Mouth?
3. How does the public first learn of the women who are "going incorporeal" in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
4. How does the narrator characterize the Glam store in the beginning of "Real Women Have Bodies"?
5. How is "The Resident" different from the other stories?
6. What is the narrator’s health like, in "The Resident," and how does it affect the story?
7. What kind of operation does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go in for?
8. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?
9. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?
10. What does the narrator’s daughter think about the operation she wants to have in "Eight Bites"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Machado’s book a guide for how to live? Or a cautionary tale about what happens if you try to live fully?
Essay Topic 2
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of explicit sexuality in Her Body and Other Parties. Do the benefits outweigh the risks in including explicit language and scenes?
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