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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. How does the narrator of "The Resident" characterize her novel?
2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on the third day of her walks around the lake?
3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say her talent is?
4. What does Dr. U do to the narrator of "Eight Bites"?
5. What does the narrator of "The Resident" do to treat the raised bumps that appear on her body?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the narrator of "Eight Bites" and her sisters want this operation?
2. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
3. What is the narrator’s co-worker Natalie like, as a co-worker in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
4. What is the narrator’s role in Anele’s project called "the Artists"?
5. What is the narrator’s health like, in "The Resident," and how does it affect the story?
6. What is the significance of the name of the location where C——‘s residency takes place in "The Resident"?
7. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?
8. How does the narrator characterize the Glam store in the beginning of "Real Women Have Bodies"?
9. What kind of manager is Gizzy in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
10. In "The Resident," what does The Painter say that the narrator feels she has heard before?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How would you defend Carmen Machado against the accusation Lydia makes to C—— M—— in "The Resident," that she is really the ‘madwoman in the attic’?
Essay Topic 3
Is Machado’s book a guide for how to live? Or a cautionary tale about what happens if you try to live fully?
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