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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 was Devil’s Throat called before it was Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
2. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
3. Who gets blamed for the incorporeal girls in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
4. When did the reports of women going incorporeal begin?
5. Who unpacks the narrator’s car, of "The Resident"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
2. Why do the narrator of "Eight Bites" and her sisters want this operation?
3. What is the thing the narrator of "Eight Bites"has been hearing around her house?
4. in "The Resident," what is the "Brownie song," and what role does it play in the story?
5. What is the irony the narrator of "Eight Bites"notices about Dr. U?
6. What is the narrator’s co-worker Natalie like, as a co-worker in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
7. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?
8. What does the narrator’s daughter think about the operation she wants to have in "Eight Bites"?
9. What kind of manager is Gizzy in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
10. What is the significance of the name of the location where C——‘s residency takes place in "The Resident"?
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
Write an evaluative review of Her Body and Other Parties. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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