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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 décor of Glam remind its customers of?
2. What does the policeman have on his lip, in "The Resident"?
3. How long a drive is the residency from C——‘s home, in "The Resident"?
4. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say the hotel resembles?
5. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her body felt after pregnancy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator’s role in Anele’s project called "the Artists"?
2. What is the narrator’s final act before she goes incorporeal in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
3. How is "The Resident" different from the other stories?
4. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
5. What is the narrator’s co-worker Natalie like, as a co-worker in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
6. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?
7. What project does the author plan to work on at Devil’s Mouth?
8. In "Eight Bites", What is the narrator’s final meal like?
9. What kind of operation does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go in for?
10. What is the thing the narrator of "Eight Bites"has been hearing around her house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for Her Body and Other Parties? What is the ideal reader for Her Body and Other Parties likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
What topics would you like to research further, after reading Her Body and Other Parties? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Her Body and Other Parties.
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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