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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 was Debra Reid wronged, according to Muchado?

2. What does a writer have to choose?

3. Who comes to Iowa City while Machado is still there?

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

5. Where did the world come to an end for Machado?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Machado goes bowling with the Woman in the Dream House?

5. What does Machado do the first time her ex tries to contact her after the breakup?

6. Why does Machado feel sympathetic toward Adam?

7. Who is Amber?

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

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

10. What happened to most of the Framingham Eight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine the concept of abuse in relationships. What is abuse? What constitutes abuse, and who gets to decide whether or not it is valid?

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 examine the Woman in the Dream House. Who is this person, and what kind of person are they? What about their personality and relationship makes her the Woman in the Dream House, and not simply Machado's ex?

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