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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the anorexics think of the bulimics?
(a) The bulimics can never get as skinny as the anorexics.
(b) They are weak.
(c) They pity them.
(d) They treat them like family.

2. While doing research for this book, Marya spoke to _____________.
(a) Another patient from Methodist Hospital.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Kathi, the nurse from Methodist Hospital.
(d) The doctor who cared for her at Methodist Hospital.

3. Marya believes that eating disorders are ____________.
(a) Addictions.
(b) A way to be perfect.
(c) Excuses.
(d) Nuisances.

4. As a girl, how did Marya react to the way she was treating her body?
(a) She became isolated from others.
(b) She hated herself for treating her body poorly.
(c) She showed no sorrow.
(d) She became depressed.

5. What does Marya welcome about her stay at the hospital?
(a) The food she gets to eat.
(b) Her new clothes.
(c) The routine that she is given.
(d) Her new friends.

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

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

8. In a ballet class, what does four-year-old Mayra feel about her own body?
(a) She is not as coordinated.
(b) It is awesome.
(c) She fits in with them.
(d) It is different than the other little girls.

9. During 1989, Marya is accepted at ________.
(a) Interlochen.
(b) An arts camp.
(c) The Arts Academy of Michigan.
(d) An early program for a university.

10. Many girls in the Interlochen community supported Marya's ______.
(a) Wish to control her eating.
(b) Lack of confidence.
(c) Ability to become an amazing writer.
(d) Desires to become a great actress.

11. Anorexics believe that they can live ______.
(a) In their bodies.
(b) Without the consent of others.
(c) Without their bodies.
(d) With full control.

12. How did Mayra's parents use Mayra?
(a) To manipulate each other.
(b) To get money from the government.
(c) To live out their own childhood dreams.
(d) To get money from their parents.

13. Why is bulimia more realistic than anorexia?
(a) Bulimia is easier to hide.
(b) Bulimia can be sustained for longer.
(c) Anorexia makes other people nervous.
(d) Bulimia allows a person to give in to a body's desires for a short time.

14. What does Marya reveal to her psychiatrist?
(a) She is crazy.
(b) She hates her body.
(c) She has a lot of unprotected sex.
(d) She is bulimic.

15. Just as Marya uses Bulimia to fill an emotional void, she uses _____ in the same way.
(a) Sex.
(b) Music.
(c) Food.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before she leaves for winter break, what is Marya eating?

2. During her ninth grade year, Marya's bulimia and drug use combine to cause what?

3. While in this location, who watches Marya?

4. What influenced Marya's eating habits?

5. To Mayra, what does sex do for her?

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