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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 118 - 132 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Dream House tell Machado in the shower?
(a) She loves her.
(b) She wants to get married.
(c) She says nothing.
(d) She hates her.

2. Who is Debra Reid?
(a) One of the first queer people to use “battered woman syndrome” to justify her crime of killing her abusive partner.
(b) One of the actors on the Hollywood Blacklist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) One of the Framington Eight.

3. What does the legal system not provide protection against, according to Muchado?
(a) Most kinds of abuse.
(b) Murder.
(c) Violence.
(d) Adultery.

4. What has Machado always been interested in?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Magic.
(c) Demon and possession narratives.
(d) Religion.

5. Who invites all their friends over for Thanksgiving?
(a) Val.
(b) Machado.
(c) John.
(d) The Woman in the Dream House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets rejected from the Iowa Writers' Workshop?

2. Machado says anyone can break you in two if they know what?

3. What is a common feature of domestic abuse?

4. What does Machado keep returning to in the memoir?

5. What does Machado do about her ex calling after they had broken up?

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