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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Afterword, Marya is having difficulty with ___________.
(a) Writing her story.
(b) Feeling sorry for herself.
(c) Talking to others about her pain.
(d) Hurting those she loves.

3. What keeps Marya eating?
(a) She realizes what it is like to be a healthy human being.
(b) Her husband's will.
(c) Her dark passenger.
(d) The doctors from the hospital.

4. What does Marya do when she looks in the mirror?
(a) Checks on how fat she has gotten.
(b) Remembers that she should not eat.
(c) Wishes she had a boyfriend.
(d) Thinks she looks beautiful.

5. How is Marya handling a job and school?
(a) Very well. She has a 4.0.
(b) Poorly she is failing.
(c) She does not have a job.
(d) She is pretty average.

6. What does Marya tell her brother about her body?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is confident.
(d) She is very weak.

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. Why does Marya begin to cry after she has aborted the baby?
(a) She realizes that her problems are still not solved.
(b) She realizes what she has done.
(c) She thinks she looks fat.
(d) She is afraid of her parents finding out.

12. What does aftermath mean?
(a) Changing events.
(b) Consequences after an event.
(c) After the fact.
(d) Happy events.

13. Because she is alive, Marya feels like she needs to_________.
(a) Become important.
(b) Become a functioning part of society.
(c) Do something with her life.
(d) Make herself pretty and smart.

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

15. When Marya's brother Paul hugs her goodbye, what does he realize?
(a) How skinny Marya has gotten.
(b) Marya is having tremors.
(c) Marya is numb to feelings.
(d) How fragile Marya seems to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of Marya's rituals?

2. After she cuts all of her hair off, what does Marya realize?

3. While she was writing the book, what else changed in her body?

4. To feel better, what does Marya decide to do?

5. What happens the second weekend that Marya is left alone?

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