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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 does Rachel do at Shabbat dinner?

2. What does Rachel feel the urge to do in the Chinese restaurant?

3. Where does Rachel go after Shabbat?

4. What does Rachel realize about Miriam?

5. What does Rachel buy for Shabbat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ayala?

2. Where does Jace invite Rachel to after This Show Sucks?

3. What does Rachel teach Miriam's family at dinner?

4. What does Rachel's therapist suggest she do for 3 months?

5. What does Miriam invite Rachel to her house for?

6. What did Rachel's mother instill in her?

7. How does Rachel feel about her faith?

8. Why does Rachel eat her protein bar in the bathroom at a party?

9. What is the Peppermint Plotz?

10. Where does the narrator work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Rachel's restrictive eating regimen. In what ways do her eating habits signal that she has an unhealthy relationship to food?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Rachel's relationship to her faith. What is the nature of this relationship, and how does it impact Rachel's understanding of herself?

Essay Topic 3

Healing from eating disorder and mental illness is at the heart of this novel. Analyze how the author develops and strengthens the theme of healing through the plot and characters.

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