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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 2 Bulimia - Minnesota (1982-1989).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does food do for many people?
(a) Makes people feel calmer and nurtured.
(b) Makes them feel very calm.
(c) Nurtures them.
(d) Makes them fat.

2. How old is Marya when she begins to enter puberty?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

3. What does the introduction to the story show?
(a) Most people have an eating disorder.
(b) Eating disorders are not real disorders.
(c) Anorexia has serious consequences.
(d) Eating disorders are easily managed.

4. What does Marya think will happen to Jane before she gets to the hospital?
(a) She will have a seisure.
(b) She will vomit.
(c) She will die.
(d) She will pass out.

5. What influenced Marya's eating habits?
(a) Her mother's odd eating habits.
(b) Her experiences with boys.
(c) Her friends' teasing.
(d) Her father's berating her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mayra's parents use Mayra?

2. Why does Marya keep trying to develop her eating disorders?

3. What was the lowest weight that Mayra got down to?

4. Why has Marya decided to write her book?

5. When Marya turns seven, where does her father plan to take her?

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