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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 Machado find many years after the breakup?

2. How long has Machado been out of the closet?

3. What has Machado always been interested in?

4. Who is Amber?

5. What does Machado want to tell young queers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Machado feel sympathetic toward Adam?

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

3. What do the Woman in the Dream House's voicemails sound like?

4. Who is Amber?

5. What is on display at the Brooklyn Museum when Machado visits with her girlfriend?

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

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

8. Who does Machado see when she visits Berkeley?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you examine Machado's choice to write in second-person narration. What does this method do for the memoir and its stories as a whole, and what effect does it have on readers?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Machado's point that places are never just places in a piece of writing. What does this mean, and how does this logic manifest itself in Machado's own work? Use examples from the text to support your thoughts.

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