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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman in the Dream House say one day randomly?
(a) She wants to apply to Iowa again.
(b) She wants to move to New York.
(c) She wants to break up.
(d) She wants to move to Paris.

2. What has Machado always been interested in?
(a) Magic.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Religion.
(d) Demon and possession narratives.

3. What does the body do, according to Muchado?
(a) It learns.
(b) All of the above.
(c) It remembers.
(d) It heals.

4. Where does Nick live?
(a) On the East Coast.
(b) In Alaska.
(c) On the West Coast.
(d) In the Midwest.

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

6. What is Machado haunted by?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her past.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) The specter of the lunatic lesbian.

7. What does the Woman in the Dream House tell Machado in the shower?
(a) She hates her.
(b) She says nothing.
(c) She wants to get married.
(d) She loves her.

8. What does Machado tell Nick?
(a) That she is a lesbian.
(b) That she wants to move in with him.
(c) That she hates him.
(d) That she knows about his past.

9. Who does Machado host a party for after being broken up with?
(a) A professor.
(b) A classmate.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

10. What does the legal system not provide protection against, according to Muchado?
(a) Murder.
(b) Violence.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Most kinds of abuse.

11. What does Machado have to keep reminding herself after the breakup?
(a) She is fragile.
(b) She is accountable to no one.
(c) She is a lesbian.
(d) She is a woman.

12. Who does Machado visit in California?
(a) An old friend.
(b) Her ex boyfriend.
(c) An old professor.
(d) A new friend.

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

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

15. What does Machado secretly wish had happened?
(a) That she was straight.
(b) That the Woman in the Dream House had proposed.
(c) That the Woman in the Dream House had hit her.
(d) That she had been born a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machado sometimes wonder about?

2. What does Machado realize about herself?

3. What does Machado say about women?

4. How is Machado's creative work affected during her relationship with the Woman in the Dream House?

5. What was published the year after Machado was born?

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