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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. How does Machado get home from the bowling alley?

2. Who is the ghost of the Dream House?

3. What does Machado sometime see the Woman in the Dream House doing?

4. Who does Machado marry?

5. What does a writer have to choose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to most of the Framingham Eight?

2. What was supposed to happen in 2012?

3. What movie did Machado's middle school teacher show her class?

4. What advice did Machado's father give her about test taking?

5. Who is Debra Reid?

6. Where does the woman in the Dream House live?

7. What does Machado have trouble doing after the breakup?

8. What does Machado develop after the Dream House?

9. What does Machado find on a memory card many years later?

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

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 discuss the power dynamics in Machado's relationship with the woman in the Dream House. Who has power in this relationship, and why? What efforts does Machado take to regain power, and how and why do they ultimately fail?

Essay Topic 3

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

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