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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Machado sometimes wonder about?
(a) If she is really a lesbian.
(b) If she should have stayed with her ex.
(c) How her abusive relationship could have gone right.
(d) If she is trans.

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

5. Who was Annette Green?
(a) One of the first queer people to use “battered woman syndrome” to justify her crime of killing her abusive partner.
(b) A professor.
(c) A historian.
(d) An old friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Machado secretly wish had happened?

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

3. Who throws a suitcase?

4. What is a lie about autobiographical writing, according to Machado?

5. Where does Machado visit in Iowa City?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Woman in the Dream House blame her episodes on?

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

4. Who is Debra Reid?

5. What happens when Machado falls asleep watching a movie one night?

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

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

8. Why does Machado feel sympathetic toward Adam?

9. How does the Woman in the Dream House break up with Machado?

10. What does Machado develop after the Dream House?

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