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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. What does the Woman in the Dream House promise Machado after breaking bad news to her in a park?

2. How does the Woman in the Dream House break up with Machado?

3. What are the voicemails like from the Woman in the Dream House?

4. What did Machado's father tell her to do when she got stuck on tests?

5. What is a lie about autobiographical writing, according to Machado?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nick?

2. What does a TSA agent confiscate from Machado?

3. How does the Woman in the Dream House break up with Machado?

4. Why does Machado feel sympathetic toward Adam?

5. What did Debra Reid once tell a reporter she wanted?

6. What does Machado learn about the body throughout the processing of her trauma?

7. What happens on the night that Machado is supposed to be hosting a party for a professor?

8. What happens when Machado calls Val after the break up?

9. What does it take a while for Machado to realize about her relationship with the woman in the Dream House?

10. What does the Woman in the Dream House blame her episodes on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the voice of the author. Use specific examples from the text to analyze the nature of this voice.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Machado's trip to Florida to meet her ex's parents. What does she learn on this trip, and what events transpire? How do these things affect her and her relationship with the woman in the Dream House?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore how emotional trauma can take a toll on the body. How does Machado's abusive relationship and its enduring trauma have a physical impact on Machado, both while she is living through it and thereafter? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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