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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the defining cliche of female queerness, according to Machado?
(a) Violence.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Fantasy.

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

3. What does the Woman in the Dream House want to be for Halloween?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A Dalek.
(d) A witch.

4. What, in Machado's eyes, always wins?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) The house.
(d) God.

5. What does Machado feel about the Woman in the Dream House's family?
(a) She likes them.
(b) She hates them.
(c) She is jealous.
(d) She is not jealous.

6. Who does the Woman in the Dream House break up with to be with Machado?
(a) Amber.
(b) Laura.
(c) Val.
(d) No one.

7. What does Machado say about places in writing?
(a) They could be more than just places.
(b) She does not say anything about places.
(c) They are just places.
(d) They are never just places.

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

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

10. Where are Machado's roommates from?
(a) California.
(b) Maine.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Florida.

11. Who wants to make a fancy dinner on Halloween?
(a) The Woman in the Dream House.
(b) John.
(c) Val.
(d) Machado.

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

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

14. What does the Woman in the Dream House want more than anything?
(a) She wants to be with Machado.
(b) She wants kids.
(c) She wants a job.
(d) She wants to be an actor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machado do on her first date with the Woman in the Dream House?

2. Which is this memoir at its core?

3. Who is Val?

4. What was Machado obsessed with in her youth?

5. What does the Woman in the Dream House's father warn Machado of?

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