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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is this memoir at its core?
(a) An act of rebellion.
(b) An act of resurrection.
(c) A series of short stories.
(d) A biography for someone else.

2. What happens at the end of the first date between Machado and the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) They say goodbye.
(b) They both go home.
(c) They sleep together.
(d) They fight.

3. What does Machado realize while visiting a certain college campus with her girlfriend?
(a) She wants to go to an Ivy League.
(b) She wants to be a professor.
(c) Every life decision she has made has been wrong.
(d) She wants a dog.

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

5. Who do Machado's parents live?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Portland.
(c) Allentown.
(d) Pittsfield.

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

7. What is Gaslight about?
(a) A man driven to insanity by his wife.
(b) A woman driven to insanity by her husband.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

8. What was Machado's upbringing like?
(a) Religious.
(b) Not religious.
(c) Boring.
(d) Fun.

9. How does Machado meet the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) Via a mutual friend.
(b) Via her mom.
(c) Via her girlfriend.
(d) Via her dad.

10. What does Machado's doctor tell her?
(a) She is healthy.
(b) She needs to lose weight.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She needs to gain weight.

11. Whose parents are nice to their daughter's girlfriend?
(a) Val's.
(b) John's.
(c) Machado's.
(d) The Woman in the Dream House's.

12. Where does Machado go for spring break?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Georgia.
(d) California.

13. What is the Woman in the Dream House's family like?
(a) Nice and quiet.
(b) Funny and mean.
(c) Loud and nice.
(d) Boring and quiet.

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

15. Who does not like drugs?
(a) The woman in the Dream House.
(b) Machado.
(c) Val.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Machado have her first date with the Woman in the Dream House?

2. What happens on the first date between Machado and the Woman in the Dream House?

3. Who sings a lot?

4. Where does Machado meet the Woman in the Dream House?

5. What does Machado feel about the Woman in the Dream House's family?

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