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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude - Present Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayra's mother admit?
(a) She hates her daughter.
(b) Having Marya was a mistake.
(c) She wishes she could help Marya.
(d) She also used to throw up after eating.

2. What does her husband do?
(a) Creates a safe place for Mayra to be.
(b) Cares for her.
(c) Makes her believe in his love for her.
(d) He refuses to mention the weight loss.

3. What makes getting Marya's teeth extracted difficult?
(a) Her ambivalent feelings of being touched.
(b) Her fear of the dentist.
(c) Her feelings toward all doctors.
(d) Her eating disorders.

4. To Mayra, what does sex do for her?
(a) Helps her feel a connection to men.
(b) Allows her to control men.
(c) Makes her feel trapped.
(d) Is pleasurable for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during Marya's pregnancy?

2. What does Marya show the doctor?

3. What does Mayra do at home while she is alone?

4. When Marya's brother Paul hugs her goodbye, what does he realize?

5. What does Marya call her doctor in the book?

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