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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marya's mother thinks __________ is responsible for Marya's eating disorder.
(a) Marya's grandmother.
(b) Her.
(c) Her father.
(d) Marya.

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

3. At the end of the chapter, what have Marya's parents decided they should do with her?
(a) Send her to her grandmother.
(b) Put her in an eating disorder treatment center.
(c) Send her to live with cousins.
(d) Put her in a foster care home.

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

5. What does Marya's visit to Methodist Hospital foreshadow?
(a) She will kill herself.
(b) She will never recover.
(c) She will be checked in again.
(d) Her life will end.

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

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

8. What is her current weight?
(a) 135 pounds.
(b) 115 pounds.
(c) 105 pounds.
(d) 150 pounds.

9. To Marya, what goes hand and hand with being rich or wealthy?
(a) Being thin.
(b) Being Beauitful.
(c) Having fun.
(d) Being healthy.

10. Marya goes to the doctor complaining of ________________.
(a) Intense sweating.
(b) Headaches and backaches.
(c) Her anxiety.
(d) Her social life.

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

12. When looking through her old files, what does Marya think?
(a) She hates her old life.
(b) She is looking at a stanger's files.
(c) She hates her family for not helping her sooner.
(d) She misses her old life.

13. How long does Marya wait to tell her mother she started her period?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) Six months.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya have to live with everyday?

2. What does Marya begin to crave?

3. Just as Marya uses Bulimia to fill an emotional void, she uses _____ in the same way.

4. What influenced Marya's eating habits?

5. At the age of 4, what does Marya claim to be?

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