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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After she cuts all of her hair off, what does Marya realize?
(a) She can never change her mental state.
(b) She hates herself.
(c) She is in control of her body.
(d) She has lost all control over her impulses.

2. What does Marya like about her body?
(a) She can feel the bones showing again.
(b) She can completely control it.
(c) It feels stong.
(d) She can use it to make her husband do whatever she wants.

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

4. Who picks Marya up off the highway?
(a) Her step-brothers.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The cops.
(d) Her cousins.

5. When Marya visits home, what makes her parents realize she is not getting better?
(a) She is too thin.
(b) She is caught in a lie.
(c) The pipes burst from all of her purging.
(d) They hear her throwing up in the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mayra moves out of her parents' house, what does she stop doing?

2. In Marya's opinion, what does the American Dream prompt women to do?

3. How do Marya's parents see her?

4. To Marya, bulimia represents _________.

5. To live up to the rumors around her, what does Marya begin to do?

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