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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marya is six, what does she do with her life plan?
(a) Saves it in her diary.
(b) Hides it from her mother.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Buries it in her backyard.

2. Whom does Marya move in with when she turns eighteen?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) A random man she meets.
(c) A childhood friend.
(d) Her friend Sybil.

3. What is the tone of this Interlude?
(a) Regretful.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Tired.

4. Because of the seriousness of her condition, what must Marya endure?
(a) Cruelty of other patients.
(b) Twenty-four hour surveillance.
(c) A straight jacket.
(d) Random searches.

5. Why is the act of feeling bones exciting for Marya?
(a) She is able to control herself and her weight.
(b) She is on her way to recovery.
(c) It means she is dying, which she wants.
(d) She can feel her anorexic body returning.

6. Currently, what gives her a reason to not give up?
(a) Her daughter's life.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her entire family's help.
(d) Her new husband.

7. What does Marya realize that her eating disorders have done to her body?
(a) Caused her to become stronger.
(b) Made her unattractive.
(c) Made her more attractive.
(d) Made her look the best she has ever looked.

8. To Marya, there is no ___________ , only success or failure.
(a) Middle ground.
(b) Middle.
(c) Even ground.
(d) Balance.

9. Whose instructions are not being followed?
(a) Kathi, the nurse from Methodist.
(b) Marya's own.
(c) Her doctor's orders.
(d) Her mother's suggestions.

10. Where does Marya decide to go to school?
(a) New York University.
(b) Rice University.
(c) Washington University in St. Louis.
(d) American University in Washington D.C.

11. By Christmas, what does she weigh?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 40 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

12. When Marya goes to the hospital weighing 82 pounds, the doctor suggests that she try to gain weight. What does this show?
(a) He is not a good doctor.
(b) The lack of understanding about eating disorders in the medical field.
(c) He does not care about patients with eating disorders.
(d) He sees Marya's problem as short term.

13. How will Marya change her life soon?
(a) She will not be able to change.
(b) She will be forced to go to another facility.
(c) She will willingly go back into treatment.
(d) She will fall deeper into herself.

14. At the end of the chapter, what is Marya allowed to do?
(a) Go to stay with relatives.
(b) Take classes at the University of Minnesota.
(c) Read her books and live in her own world.
(d) Take dance classes.

15. What does Marya tell her brother about her body?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is confident.
(d) She is very weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes getting Marya's teeth extracted difficult?

2. After leaving Lowe house and moving in with her parents, what happens to Marya?

3. Although Marya is dating and making new friends at school, what happens at night?

4. When Mayra moves out of her parents' house, what does she stop doing?

5. Does Marya think that eating disorders occur often in this country?

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