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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Marya when she becomes a fully developed woman?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

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

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

5. What is very rampant and obvious at Interlochen?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Eating disorders.
(c) Sex and drug abuse.
(d) New beginnings.

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

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

8. What happens when Jane and Marya meet?
(a) Marya becomes happier.
(b) Marya believes Jane is having a heart attack.
(c) Marya becomes scared.
(d) Marya thinks that Jane is having a stroke.

9. While in this location, who watches Marya?
(a) The staff.
(b) A private nurse.
(c) No one.
(d) A group of doctors and nurses.

10. What does Marya believe about her body?
(a) It will change when she is older.
(b) It is wonderful.
(c) It is a costume.
(d) It is awful.

11. To Marya, bulimia represents _________.
(a) Passion.
(b) Control.
(c) The end of her life.
(d) No control.

12. Instead of focusing on getting better, what does Mayra practice while at Methodist's Treatment center?
(a) Her writing ability.
(b) Her makeup skills.
(c) Her acting skills.
(d) Her reading skills.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where else does Marya go to for her disorders?

2. Why has Marya decided to write her book?

3. What does Marya reveal to her psychiatrist?

4. What does food do for many people?

5. What tone is the Interlude written in?

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