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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 a writer have to choose?

2. Who is Nick?

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

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

5. What does Machado want?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Machado spend her entire second year of grad school doing?

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

4. Who does Machado see when she visits Berkeley?

5. What does Machado develop after the Dream House?

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

7. Who is Amber?

8. What happened to most of the Framingham Eight?

9. What does Machado often find herself wondering about?

10. What does a TSA agent confiscate from Machado?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the concept of trauma as it is discussed in the book. How and why do traumatic events (particularly those that transpired during Machado's abusive relationship) linger even years after they have happened? In what ways has Machado tried to heal from that trauma?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the concept of the Dream House. What is the Dream House, and what impact does it leave on the author, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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