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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 tell Machado in the shower?

2. What does Machado say about women?

3. What does Machado consider dangerous?

4. What does the Woman in the Dream House admit to Muchado, which Muchado views as the end of the world?

5. What does Machado have to keep reminding herself after the breakup?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Machado falls asleep watching a movie one night?

3. What does Machado develop after the Dream House?

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

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

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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