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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the chapter, what is Marya allowed to do?
(a) Take dance classes.
(b) Take classes at the University of Minnesota.
(c) Go to stay with relatives.
(d) Read her books and live in her own world.

2. Whom does Marya move in with when she turns eighteen?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) A random man she meets.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her friend Sybil.

3. What does Mayra do at home while she is alone?
(a) Purges.
(b) Writes.
(c) Reads.
(d) Binges.

4. Why is this section called aftermath?
(a) Marya hates the consequences of her sickness.
(b) Marya misses her life before her eating disorder.
(c) Marya wishes she could take back her actions.
(d) Marya is always trying to deal with the consequences of her actions.

5. Where does Marya decide to go to school?
(a) American University in Washington D.C.
(b) Washington University in St. Louis.
(c) New York University.
(d) Rice University.

6. What is the smartest thing that someone can do for someone else recovering from an eating disorder?
(a) All are correct.
(b) Holding firm with them.
(c) Not allowing them to hide their actions.
(d) Not applauding their weight loss.

7. When she is given anesthesia for the dental extraction, what happens?
(a) She has dreams about her past.
(b) Her heart stops.
(c) Her heart murmurs.
(d) She stops breathing.

8. By Christmas, what does she weigh?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 40 pounds.
(c) 80 pounds.
(d) 75 pounds.

9. Why does Marya stop eating in the cafeteria?
(a) She has no friends there.
(b) She hates the way people stare.
(c) People start asking her if she is anorexic.
(d) She does not like the way the food tastes.

10. When Marya visits home, what makes her parents realize she is not getting better?
(a) She is caught in a lie.
(b) They hear her throwing up in the bathroom.
(c) The pipes burst from all of her purging.
(d) She is too thin.

11. The first time her parents leave Marya alone, what happens?
(a) She binges and eats all the food in the house.
(b) She behaves herself.
(c) She begins cutting herself.
(d) She locks herself in her room.

12. Marya decides to abort her own baby by _____________.
(a) Taking a prescription drug.
(b) Going to an abortion clinic.
(c) Refusing to eat for days.
(d) Throwing herself down the stairs.

13. Why does Marya want to stay where she is?
(a) It provides her with a sense of security.
(b) She likes her bedroom there.
(c) She is afraid that she will be scorned elsewhere.
(d) She likes the friends she has made.

14. If Marya does not eat, what will happen?
(a) The other girls will be mad at her.
(b) She will starve.
(c) They will force her to eat.
(d) She will get very tired.

15. Where does Marya find herself in 1991?
(a) At Lowe House.
(b) In college.
(c) At Methodist Hospital.
(d) At home with her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Afterword, what is wrong with Marya's body?

2. What lie does Mayra create to leave?

3. Why does Marya begin to cry after she has aborted the baby?

4. When Marya's parents come home from their first trip, what do they find?

5. What does aftermath mean?

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