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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a common feature of domestic abuse?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Dislocation.

2. What does the Woman in the Dream House do while in Florida?
(a) She grabs Machado's arm too tighly.
(b) She gets a haircut.
(c) She hits Machado.
(d) She gets a dog.

3. Who hates singing?
(a) Val.
(b) The Woman in the Dream House.
(c) Machado.
(d) John.

4. What color is Machado's ex's hair?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

5. Who cooks Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Machado.
(b) The Woman in the Dream House.
(c) Val.
(d) John.

6. Where does Machado live before she meets the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) Iowa City.
(b) New York.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Portland.

7. Where does the Woman in the Dream House go to grad school?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Maine.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Indiana.

8. Who gets really high on their birthday?
(a) The woman in the Dream House.
(b) Val.
(c) Laura.
(d) Machado.

9. Muchado writes that all fantasy is a supreme act of what?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Determination.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Laziness.

10. Where does Machado have her first date with the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) The Woman's house.
(b) Machado's house.
(c) A diner.
(d) A bar.

11. Is the Dream House a real place?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) The Dream House is theoretically real.
(d) There is no such thing as the Dream House.

12. What does Machado begin to feel constantly while with the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) Normal.
(b) Sick to her stomach.
(c) Weird.
(d) Happy.

13. Why was the Woman in the Dream House get really mad at Machado at their job?
(a) She lied about something.
(b) She had been singing.
(c) She had been missing for two hours.
(d) She cheated.

14. Who gets rejected from the Iowa Writers' Workshop?
(a) John.
(b) The Woman in the Dream House.
(c) Machado.
(d) Val.

15. What does the Woman in the Dream House say about her father?
(a) She likes him.
(b) She does not like him.
(c) She does not want to be like him.
(d) She wants to be like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Machado's parents live?

2. What is Machado always telling the Woman in the Dream House in the beginning?

3. Who are Machado's roommates when this tale takes place?

4. Who does the Woman in the Dream House break up with to be with Machado?

5. What side job does the Woman in the Dream House get?

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