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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 4 Methodist Hospital, Take 1 (Summer 1990).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the age of 4, what does Marya claim to be?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Unsuccessful.
(d) Fat.

2. What does Marya have to live with everyday?
(a) Her soul.
(b) What she did to her body in the past.
(c) How she will react to her past.
(d) Her mistakes.

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

4. To this day, what does Marya say she misses about bulimia?
(a) The ritual of the bulimia.
(b) The ability to rid her body of food.
(c) The way it connects her to her body.
(d) The feelings of passion that it arises.

5. What does anorexia represent to the girls in the clinic and the outside world?
(a) They are concerned about physical looks only.
(b) You are able to deny yourself food.
(c) They are in control of their bodies.
(d) They are out of control of their bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mayra's parents try to reward her?

2. What does Mayra's mother admit?

3. Why is bulimia more realistic than anorexia?

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

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

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