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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 is the name that Francesca gives to Sandy Sherman when they are introducing each other?

2. What does Francesca answer when Sandy asks if she thinks about her weight?

3. Francesca is thinking to herself as she is walking home, thinking to herself that __________ comes not from food, but from will.

4. What does Sandy say that he will do if Francesca does not show up at her next appointment with him?

5. Hal believed that a therapist did have a vested interest in the outcome of his patients - when it came to the __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hal have to do in order to take Francesca to her first appointment with Dr. Smith the following Thursday?

2. What does Hal begin to realize about Francesca when he continues to watch what she eats and she continues to lose weight?

3. Why does Dr. Gordon decide to put Francesca in the hospital after her next appointment?

4. What is Francesca's responsibility when it comes to her appointments with Dr. Smith?

5. What does Francesca do after her father makes her eat lamb chops for dinner that evening?

6. What has happened to Francesca's grades in school at this point of the story?

7. Why is Francesca afraid to speak to Dr. Smith when they are speaking privately, away from her parents?

8. What does Hal believe will make Francesca a bored skeleton if she continues to refuse to eat?

9. How does Francesca make her mother think that she ate later one evening, even though she really did not?

10. When Francesca does not show up for one of her appointments with Sandy Sherman, what does Sandy call her to say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

No matter what Kessa does, she believes that she is much heavier than she actually is.

Part 1: Why do you think it's possible for a person to see someone who is heavy, even when they are not?

Part 2: How do you think Kessa could have been shown her true appearance?

Part 3: Why do you think that Kessa believes that being fat is a bad thing? What may have prompted her to feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

Anorexia seems to be a disease that includes a number of rituals and ways in which the person controls their behavior.

Part 1: Why do you think rituals help Kessa feel like she's in control?

Part 2: Do you think Kessa's progression in anorexia was too fast? Or did the book portray it realistically?

Part 3: How do you think Kessa convinced herself that her rituals were okay?

Essay Topic 3

When Kessa is admitted to the hospital, she tries to get her parents to come and take her home.

Part 1: Why do you think Kessa allowed herself to be hospitalized in the first place?

Part 2: Do you think that Kessa has control over her anorexia?

Part 3: Do you think that Kessa is trying to manipulate her parents when she begs to come home?

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