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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the bowling alley?
(a) Machado wins the game.
(b) Nothing unusual happens.
(c) The Woman in the Dream House takes PDA too far.
(d) Machado proposes.

2. What is a lie about autobiographical writing, according to Machado?
(a) That there is a middle.
(b) That there is a real end.
(c) That there is a beginning.
(d) That any of it is real.

3. Who does Machado have a call with after the breakup?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Val.
(c) John.
(d) Her brother.

4. What does Machado keep returning to in the memoir?
(a) How to break up with someone.
(b) Whether or not she is gay.
(c) What makes a reliable narrator.
(d) How to poach an egg.

5. What was published the year after Machado was born?
(a) A book about lesbian abuse.
(b) A book about lesbians.
(c) A book about gay men.
(d) A book about trans people.

6. What does the Woman in the Dream House say of her episodes?
(a) She has no memory of them.
(b) She is sorry about them.
(c) She means nothing by them.
(d) She remembers them.

7. What is Nick like?
(a) He likes fishing.
(b) He is a Democrat.
(c) He is Republican.
(d) He likes cooking.

8. What does Machado do about her ex calling after they had broken up?
(a) She blocks her number.
(b) She answers the call.
(c) She emails her instead.
(d) She texts her instead.

9. Who helps Machado ignore a call from her ex after the breakup?
(a) Laura.
(b) Val.
(c) John.
(d) Nick.

10. What movie did Machado's middle school teacher show her class?
(a) Grease.
(b) Carmen.
(c) West Side Story.
(d) Hairspray.

11. What does Muchado say society teaches girls about their perspectives?
(a) They are inherently untrustworthy.
(b) They are trustworthy.
(c) They are valid.
(d) They are not important.

12. What is something Machado says she will never forget?
(a) Her old pastor.
(b) Her first grade teacher.
(c) The look on John's face when she asked him to help prove she was not cheating.
(d) The look on her mom's face when she came out.

13. Where does Machado stay for Christmas break?
(a) Her parents' house.
(b) Her house.
(c) The Dream House.
(d) A hotel.

14. How does Machado fall?
(a) Off the kitchen counter.
(b) Off a bike.
(c) While on a hike.
(d) Off a bookshelf.

15. What happens at airport security?
(a) Machado forgets her ID.
(b) Machado gets her water bottle confiscated.
(c) Machado sees an old friend.
(d) Machado cannot board her plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machado realize about herself?

2. What does Machado do walking through the airport?

3. Where does Machado visit in Iowa City?

4. Who does Machado visit in California?

5. What does Machado have a hard time visualizing after the breakup?

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