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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the lowest weight that Mayra got down to?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 52 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

2. What influenced Marya's eating habits?
(a) Her friends' teasing.
(b) Her father's berating her.
(c) Her mother's odd eating habits.
(d) Her experiences with boys.

3. Why has Marya decided to write her book?
(a) To make new friends.
(b) To make herself feel better about her problem.
(c) Will keep others from having her same experiences.
(d) To create press for herself and the disease she faces.

4. When she became pregnant, what didn't Marya know about?
(a) That she could get pregnant from sex.
(b) The birth control pill.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Birth Control.

5. Why does Mayra realize that she does not like to be touched?
(a) She was sexually abused.
(b) She becomes fearful when she is touched.
(c) She does not like for people to get close to her.
(d) She tries to dislike being touched because she yearns for it so much.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Marya become extremely angry with a doctor?

4. What is her current weight?

5. When was the first Interlude of the book written?

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