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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a result of her eating disorder, what would often happen to Marya?
(a) She would hit others.
(b) She would bite her fingernails.
(c) She would often fall.
(d) She would cough up blood.

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

4. How long was Marya supposed to survive?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the anorexics think of the bulimics?

2. Who seriously believed that Marya was close to dying while she was at college?

3. What happens to her body during this time?

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

5. To Marya, what does life seem to be?

(see the answer key)

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