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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 3 The Actor's Part - Michigan (1989 - 1990).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During her ninth grade year, Marya's bulimia and drug use combine to cause what?
(a) No feelings at all.
(b) Anger.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Insomnia.

2. To Marya, what goes hand and hand with being rich or wealthy?
(a) Having fun.
(b) Being thin.
(c) Being healthy.
(d) Being Beauitful.

3. Why is bulimia more realistic than anorexia?
(a) Anorexia makes other people nervous.
(b) Bulimia can be sustained for longer.
(c) Bulimia is easier to hide.
(d) Bulimia allows a person to give in to a body's desires for a short time.

4. In Marya's opinion, what does the American Dream prompt women to do?
(a) Create unrealistic expectations.
(b) Lose weight to be successful.
(c) Hate themselves.
(d) Deny weight problems.

5. At the end of the chapter, what have Marya's parents decided they should do with her?
(a) Send her to her grandmother.
(b) Send her to live with cousins.
(c) Put her in a foster care home.
(d) Put her in an eating disorder treatment center.

Short Answer Questions

1. To keep up appearances of normalcy, what do Marya's parents do?

2. When she became pregnant, what didn't Marya know about?

3. How did Mayra's parents use Mayra?

4. Marya believes that eating disorders are ____________.

5. Why does Marya keep trying to develop her eating disorders?

(see the answer key)

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