Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Marya Hornbacher
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Marya Hornbacher
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What influenced Marya's eating habits?

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

3. What does food do for many people?

4. What does Mayra still struggle with?

5. How old was Mayra when she became bulimic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What also leads Mayra do develop a strange relationship to food?

2. Why is a school for the arts an easy place to hide an eating disorder?

3. Why does Marya decide to switch from bulimia to anorexia?

4. To add to her sex and eating addictions, what else happens to Marya?

5. What does Marya realize about those around her from her past?

6. What action gets the story moving quickly?

7. What does Marya realize about the girl's folder?

8. As Marya turns eight, what happens to her body?

9. When a friend finally tells a school counselor about Marya's problem, how does Marya feel?

10. When was the interlude to the book written?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Marya constantly thinks her body is disgusting and awful. In reality, what Marya puts her body through causes it to become sickly, disfigured, and unattractive.

1) When does Marya finally realize the extent of the damages to her body?

2) To her psyche?

3) To all those around her?

Essay Topic 2

Marya thinks that her body is a costume that she can constantly change. If it does not make her happy, she can switch it out and be happier.

1) How many different faces does Marya have growing up?

2) Find 3 instances of how Marya hides herself with these masks.

3) Does this make it difficult for those around her to get to know her?

Essay Topic 3

Marya notices that the women in her family have a terrible problem with food. Choose three of Marya's family members and discuss their feelings about food. How are they similar or different to Marya's food issues?

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