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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Marya returns to school and meets her new roommate, what does she weigh?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 45 pounds.
(c) 67 pounds.
(d) 72 pounds.

2. Why is the act of feeling bones exciting for Marya?
(a) She is on her way to recovery.
(b) She is able to control herself and her weight.
(c) She can feel her anorexic body returning.
(d) It means she is dying, which she wants.

3. What does she worry about?
(a) Getting too thin.
(b) Scaring her husband.
(c) Her body getting fatter.
(d) Hurting her family.

4. What causes Marya to crash her father's car on the way home?
(a) She was drunk.
(b) She was angry with him.
(c) She had not eaten in days and passed out.
(d) A drunk driver crashed into her.

5. When Marya goes to the hospital weighing 82 pounds, the doctor suggests that she try to gain weight. What does this show?
(a) He does not care about patients with eating disorders.
(b) He sees Marya's problem as short term.
(c) The lack of understanding about eating disorders in the medical field.
(d) He is not a good doctor.

6. What does her husband do?
(a) Cares for her.
(b) Creates a safe place for Mayra to be.
(c) He refuses to mention the weight loss.
(d) Makes her believe in his love for her.

7. What does Marya realize will happen after she leaves the treatment center?
(a) She will be trapped with her parents.
(b) No one will love her outisde the center.
(c) She will have to end her eating disorder.
(d) She will begin smoking to stay thin.

8. Whom does Marya live with while in California?
(a) Her cousins.
(b) Her step-grandmother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her aunt.

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

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

11. What does this person think about Marya's actions towards food?
(a) Normal.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Should stop right away.
(d) Easy to change.

12. How will Marya change her life soon?
(a) She will willingly go back into treatment.
(b) She will fall deeper into herself.
(c) She will be forced to go to another facility.
(d) She will not be able to change.

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

14. In the Afterword, what is wrong with Marya's body?
(a) Her teeth are broken.
(b) Her immune and reproductive systems have shut down.
(c) Her hair is falling out.
(d) She has lost some limbs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes getting Marya's teeth extracted difficult?

2. What does aftermath mean?

3. Because of the seriousness of her condition, what must Marya endure?

4. Marya decides to abort her own baby by _____________.

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

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