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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What TV comedy does Machado talk about in length?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) The Office.
(c) How I Met Your Mother.
(d) Cheers.

3. What did Machado's parents take from her after a fight?
(a) Her computer.
(b) Her phone.
(c) Her door knob.
(d) Her door.

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

5. What is one of Machado's favorite shows?
(a) Sex and the City.
(b) Golden Girls.
(c) Doctor Who.
(d) Cheer.

6. Who is always trying to win?
(a) John.
(b) Machado.
(c) Val.
(d) The Woman in the Dream House.

7. What was Machado obsessed with in her youth?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Horses.
(c) Movies.
(d) Sexual purity.

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

9. What is the Dream House, according to Machado?
(a) A prison.
(b) A dungeon of memory.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A haunted house.

10. Why does the Woman in the Dream House do Machado's laundry?
(a) She always does it for Machado.
(b) She does not do her laundry.
(c) She likes doing laundry.
(d) Machado does not want to go where the machines are.

11. The literature of queer domestic abuse is what, according to Muchado?
(a) Sparse.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Vast.
(d) Somewhere in between sparse and vast.

12. What happens on the first date between Machado and the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) They hug.
(b) They shake hands.
(c) They fight.
(d) They kiss.

13. Who had a room to themselves as a kid?
(a) Machado.
(b) Laura.
(c) Val.
(d) John.

14. What does the Woman in the Dream House want for her relationships before she leaves for grad school?
(a) She wants to be with Val.
(b) She wants to be polyamorous.
(c) She does not want a relationship with anyone.
(d) She wants to be with Machado.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Machado meet the Woman in the Dream House?

2. What is Machado's fantasy?

3. Who buys all the Thanksgiving food?

4. Where are Machado's roommates from?

5. What does the Woman in the Dream House admit to Machado that she worries about?

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