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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the nurse say that Francesca can ask for any time she wants it, though Francesca thinks she'd be like a dog if she did that?
(a) Book.
(b) Snacks.
(c) Help.
(d) Phone call.

2. Grace informs Susanna that Francesca still has the tube in her ____________, the hyperal that she wrote to Susanna about.
(a) Chest.
(b) Neck.
(c) Leg.
(d) Arm.

3. When Francesca asks Sandy how long it will be until she isn't afraid of gaining weight, what does he say?
(a) A while.
(b) Never.
(c) Soon.
(d) I'm not sure.

4. Francesca calls Sandy the ___________ person she's ever met, except for maybe Myrna.
(a) Strangest.
(b) Bossiest.
(c) Smartest.
(d) Craziest.

5. It was the first ____________ Sherman had organized with the house staff that day.
(a) Treatment plan.
(b) Session.
(c) Diagnosis planning.
(d) Conference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francesca begins to feel that she is drowning in a sea of ___________, and no one could understand it.

2. What do the nurses in the ward call Francesca and others like her in the ward?

3. Francesca answers Lila by saying, "I guess I really am a ___________ to live with." That's why no one wants her around.

4. What happened to Francesca after she decided to eat her pilfered food in the middle of the night?

5. Where was Gregg working that summer while he was at Harvard, according to the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Francesca's roommate when she is in the hospital? What is her roommate doing in the hospital?

2. What happens with Francesca which ends up getting her in trouble with the nurses?

3. What does Francesca think about the way that her parents fawn over Susanna and Gregg?

4. What does Myrna think about people who have anorexia, revealing this to Francesca when they are talking?

5. What does Hal start a fight about when he first talks with Susanna the night of her arrival?

6. What does Myrna describe to Francesca, which makes Francesca feel like that's sort of a disgusting thought?

7. What does Francesca do when she is waiting for her parents to come pick her up from the hospital?

8. What does Francesca say the reasoning was behind her hiding her food in her room?

9. What does Francesca decide to do in order to tell her brother about her feelings of him?

10. What happens in the middle of the night to Francesca when she tries to get out of bed?

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