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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Woman in the Dream House do Machado's laundry?

2. What did Machado have in her apartment in West Philly?

3. Who almost breaks up with their girlfriend over the phone?

4. Who sings a lot?

5. What is Machado's fantasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Machado think about places in writing?

2. What is the woman in the Dream House like, in the beginning?

3. What is Machado's relationship to Val while dating the woman in the Dream House?

4. What did Machado do while other teens were dating?

5. What is the Dream House to Machado?

6. What is Machado's fantasy about Val and the woman in the Dream House?

7. How does Machado feel about television episodes about mistaken identity?

8. Why does Machado dabble with drugs with her ex?

9. What happens at the start of Machado's first road trip with the woman in the Dream House?

10. What happens when Machado goes into the Dream House's basement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Machado's point about how abuse in queer relationships does not have much of an archival presence. Why is this so? Use examples from the text to support your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Machado's experience of talking about her abusive ex and telling others about her story. What are the general reactions to her retelling of the relationship, and how do these reactions affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore how Machado's relationship with her woman in the Dream House effects her understanding of physical intimacy. Even once the relationship is over, Machado wonders whether she will ever be able to want or receive touch ever again. In your essay, explore Machado's point that "the body learns" in order to examine how trauma lives not only in the mind, but in the body even once it is over.

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