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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Marya, what does life seem to be?
(a) She wants someone to care for her in life.
(b) Too difficult to live.
(c) A mistake for her to continue.
(d) Too long to live.

2. When Marya tries to dream big, what do her parents tell her?
(a) To be more realistic.
(b) All of her dreams will come true.
(c) To keep dreaming.
(d) She can be whatever she wants.

3. To live up to the rumors around her, what does Marya begin to do?
(a) Try to do better in schoolk.
(b) Talk back to teachers.
(c) Act like a snob.
(d) Sleep with skanky boys.

4. To Mayra, what does sex do for her?
(a) Helps her feel a connection to men.
(b) Is pleasurable for her.
(c) Makes her feel trapped.
(d) Allows her to control men.

5. In a ballet class, what does four-year-old Mayra feel about her own body?
(a) She fits in with them.
(b) It is different than the other little girls.
(c) She is not as coordinated.
(d) It is awesome.

6. How old is Marya when she becomes a fully developed woman?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

7. What does Mayra's mother admit?
(a) Having Marya was a mistake.
(b) She also used to throw up after eating.
(c) She wishes she could help Marya.
(d) She hates her daughter.

8. Why does Marya believe that being wealth rather than poverty leads to being thin?
(a) Poor people have poor diets.
(b) Wealthy people can afford gym memberships and trainers.
(c) Wealthy people enjoy more fun experiences.
(d) Poor people are born fat.

9. How do Marya's parents see her?
(a) As a woman.
(b) A troubled girl.
(c) As a little girl, not a woman.
(d) As a misfit.

10. After moving to Minnesota, what does Marya often use to calm her nerves?
(a) Spends time with her grandmother.
(b) She gets massages.
(c) She takes her mother's medication.
(d) She tries to pray to calm herslef.

11. To Marya, what goes hand and hand with being rich or wealthy?
(a) Having fun.
(b) Being healthy.
(c) Being thin.
(d) Being Beauitful.

12. Why has Marya decided to write her book?
(a) To make herself feel better about her problem.
(b) To create press for herself and the disease she faces.
(c) To make new friends.
(d) Will keep others from having her same experiences.

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

14. What happens at therapy with her parents?
(a) Marya places the blame on her mother.
(b) Marya realizes her parents are not to blame.
(c) The parents begin to understand Marya's real problem.
(d) Her parents fight and blame Marya.

15. To calm herself when she is alone at home after school, what does Marya do at first?
(a) Calls her BFF.
(b) Talks to her dolls.
(c) Plays video games.
(d) Eats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Growing up, how does Mayra feel in her body?

2. When was the first Interlude of the book written?

3. Why does Marya become extremely angry with a doctor?

4. Before she leaves for winter break, what is Marya eating?

5. When Marya is ________ she becomes pregnant?

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