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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main part of this Interlude?
(a) Marya's memories of recovering from an eating disorder.
(b) Marya's memories of her childhood.
(c) Marya's memories of meeting her husband.
(d) Marya's memories of trying to fit in with other people.

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

3. Now, why does Marya think her problems started again?
(a) She wanted them to happen again.
(b) Eating causes her to feel sad and guilty.
(c) Being in her parents' house causes her to regress.
(d) She was too tired to fight.

4. Whom does Marya ask to tell her if she has gained weight?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her best friend.

5. At this point, how many calories is she having per day?
(a) 320.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 500.

6. Because of the seriousness of her condition, what must Marya endure?
(a) A straight jacket.
(b) Cruelty of other patients.
(c) Twenty-four hour surveillance.
(d) Random searches.

7. Even though she is still in recovery, what does she have to think hard about to break?
(a) Her crazed feelings.
(b) Her throwing up.
(c) Her manic thoughts.
(d) Her minimalist eating.

8. Whom does Marya meet at school?
(a) The boy she will later marry.
(b) Other girls with disorders.
(c) Some new friends.
(d) More boys to sleep with.

9. Currently, what gives her a reason to not give up?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daughter's life.
(c) Her entire family's help.
(d) Her new husband.

10. To hide her purging, what does Marya do?
(a) She refuses to throw up.
(b) She lies to everyone.
(c) She throws up in trash bags.
(d) She throws up in her suitcase.

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

12. What are some of Marya's rituals?
(a) Only eating when she has performed certain tasks.
(b) Waiting until her parents have left to eat.
(c) Working too much and forgetting to eat.
(d) Washing her hands constantly and straightening her space.

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

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

15. For Marya, what was the need for the eating disorder?
(a) She could hide behind it.
(b) A way to avoid the pain and reality of life.
(c) Something to do.
(d) A way to make her memorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose instructions are not being followed?

2. After leaving Lowe house and moving in with her parents, what happens to Marya?

3. What does Marya think of her life in D.C.?

4. Where does Marya decide to go to school?

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

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