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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marya say that she hates?
(a) She hates her husband for judging her.
(b) She hates to eat.
(c) Exercising.
(d) Eating correctly.

3. As a child, Marya feels as though she is scared of____________.
(a) All clothes, especially shirts.
(b) All clothes, especially socks.
(c) All clothes, especially jeans.
(d) All clothes, especially shoes.

4. When Marya is six, what does she do with her life plan?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Hides it from her mother.
(c) Buries it in her backyard.
(d) Saves it in her diary.

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

6. When Mayra moves out of her parents' house, what does she stop doing?
(a) Going to therapy.
(b) Studying.
(c) Eating altogether.
(d) Making new friends.

7. How does Marya chicken out and not take advantage of her opportunity to get better?
(a) She takes advantage of her new opportunity to grow.
(b) She hides behind the friends she makes.
(c) She refuses to leave her room.
(d) She drinks massive amounts or water and hides laxatives.

8. What lie does Mayra create to leave?
(a) She promises not to abuse herself anymore.
(b) She says she was sexually abused as a child.
(c) She says that someone in the treatment center has been abusing her.
(d) She needs to be with her parents to survive.

9. What does Marya realize that her eating disorders have done to her body?
(a) Made her more attractive.
(b) Made her look the best she has ever looked.
(c) Caused her to become stronger.
(d) Made her unattractive.

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

11. What does she deal with on a daily basis?
(a) The consequences of her suicide.
(b) The loose ends of her eating disorder.
(c) Her mistakes.
(d) Her parents' regrets.

12. What has Marya realized about life over the years?
(a) Being thin leads to happiness.
(b) Being beautiful will make things better.
(c) She is unable to sustain life by herself.
(d) Being thinner, prettier, or different will not make life different.

13. Although Marya is dating and making new friends at school, what happens at night?
(a) She is still taking drugs and sleeping around.
(b) She still throws up.
(c) She won't talk to her parents.
(d) She cuts herself.

14. When Marya practices anorexia, how does she feel?
(a) The happiest she has ever felt.
(b) Like she is completely in control of her life.
(c) Calm.
(d) Like she is losing control.

15. What happens to her body during this time?
(a) She gains 15 pounds.
(b) She loses her memory.
(c) She has night sweats.
(d) She loses 15 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Marya ask to tell her if she has gained weight?

2. By saying this, what becomes all right?

3. How will Marya change her life soon?

4. At the end of the chapter, what is Marya allowed to do?

5. What is the main part of this Interlude?

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