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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 old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" plan to do after this residency?

3. Who unpacks the narrator’s car, of "The Resident"?

4. What is the woman doing on the TV at the gas station on the narrator’s way to Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?

5. What book does the narrator tell Dr. U to read, in "Eight Bites"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the public first learn of the women who are "going incorporeal" in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

8. What is the narrator’s role in Anele’s project called "the Artists"?

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

10. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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