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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Machado falls asleep watching a movie one night?
(a) The Woman in the Dream House breaks up with her.
(b) She wakes up to a storm.
(c) Nothing happens.
(d) The Woman in the Dream House calls her dozens of times.

2. Where does Machado visit in Iowa City?
(a) Her old school.
(b) A friend.
(c) Her old place.
(d) An anechoic chamber.

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

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

5. Where does Machado go in New York?
(a) Chelsea Market.
(b) Times Square.
(c) Central Park.
(d) A museum.

6. How long has Machado been out of the closet?
(a) Her whole life.
(b) She is not out.
(c) A year.
(d) A decade.

7. What does Machado swear to herself as the plane is taking off?
(a) She will tell her parents.
(b) She will dump her girlfriend.
(c) She will tell the police.
(d) She will tell someone what is going on.

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

9. Who is Debra Reid?
(a) One of the first queer people to use “battered woman syndrome” to justify her crime of killing her abusive partner.
(b) A doctor.
(c) One of the Framington Eight.
(d) One of the actors on the Hollywood Blacklist.

10. What was Machado called as a child?
(a) A nice girl.
(b) A brat.
(c) A genius.
(d) A drama queen.

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

12. How is Machado's creative work affected during her relationship with the Woman in the Dream House?
(a) She is brimming with ideas.
(b) Her work takes a backseat.
(c) Her work suffers.
(d) She has ideas sometimes.

13. What does Machado have a hard time visualizing after the breakup?
(a) Having kids.
(b) Having sex with other people.
(c) Graduating.
(d) Getting married.

14. What does the Woman in the Dream House promise Machado after breaking bad news to her in a park?
(a) They will make it work.
(b) She will move in with her.
(c) She loves her.
(d) They will break up.

15. Who accompanies Machado back home after Berkeley?
(a) Val.
(b) Laura.
(c) Her mother.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Machado go with her friends after she was broken up with?

3. Who was Annette Green?

4. What does the Woman in the Dream House say of her episodes?

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

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