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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To live up to the rumors around her, what does Marya begin to do?
(a) Try to do better in schoolk.
(b) Sleep with skanky boys.
(c) Talk back to teachers.
(d) Act like a snob.

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

6. How did Mayra's parents try to reward her?
(a) With presents.
(b) With love.
(c) With food.
(d) With verbal praise.

7. What does the introduction to the story show?
(a) Eating disorders are not real disorders.
(b) Eating disorders are easily managed.
(c) Most people have an eating disorder.
(d) Anorexia has serious consequences.

8. What happens during Marya's pregnancy?
(a) She becomes very sick.
(b) Her father beats her causing her to loose the baby.
(c) She holds the baby until she is 6 months.
(d) Her body aborts her baby.

9. 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.

10. Who persuades her to tell her parents about the disease?
(a) A good friend.
(b) Her therapist.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) A school counselor.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mayra's mother admit?

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

3. Since many patients are bulimic, what must the doctors keep an eye on?

4. In Marya's opinion, what does the American Dream prompt women to do?

5. What happens at therapy with her parents?

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