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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before she leaves for winter break, what is Marya eating?
(a) Cream, carrot sticks, celery sticks, and mustard.
(b) Vegetables only.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Only fruit and vegetables.

2. Who persuades her to tell her parents about the disease?
(a) A school counselor.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) A good friend.
(d) Her therapist.

3. What does Marya call her doctor in the book?
(a) Her BFF.
(b) A kind soul.
(c) A good mentor.
(d) Dokter Freud.

4. 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.

5. How old is Marya when she begins to enter puberty?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya think will happen to Jane before she gets to the hospital?

2. How did Mayra's parents use Mayra?

3. In a ballet class, what does four-year-old Mayra feel about her own body?

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

5. What does Marya's visit to Methodist Hospital foreshadow?

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