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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Marya, what does life seem to be?
(a) Too long to live.
(b) She wants someone to care for her in life.
(c) Too difficult to live.
(d) A mistake for her to continue.

2. Just as Marya uses Bulimia to fill an emotional void, she uses _____ in the same way.
(a) Sex.
(b) Love.
(c) Music.
(d) Food.

3. What does Marya show the doctor?
(a) Her emotional scars.
(b) Her body perception problems.
(c) Scars on her fingers and raw patch on the back of her throat.
(d) Her new outfit.

4. To keep up appearances of normalcy, what do Marya's parents do?
(a) Stretch the boundaries of their idea of normal.
(b) Let Marya run the show.
(c) Send Marya to boarding school.
(d) Control Marya with all their rules.

5. In a ballet class, what does four-year-old Mayra feel about her own body?
(a) She is not as coordinated.
(b) It is awesome.
(c) It is different than the other little girls.
(d) She fits in with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the lowest weight that Mayra got down to?

2. What do the anorexics think of the bulimics?

3. Why is bulimia more realistic than anorexia?

4. Instead of focusing on getting better, what does Mayra practice while at Methodist's Treatment center?

5. What does Marya believe about her body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marya refer to this section of the book as "Take 1"?

2. What does Marya realize about the girl's folder?

3. Why is a school for the arts an easy place to hide an eating disorder?

4. What also leads Mayra do develop a strange relationship to food?

5. What observations does Marya have concerning wealth and money?

6. As a child, what does Marya want besides a perfect body?

7. What details and statistics does Marya give in this section of the book?

8. What actions affect Marya while growing up?

9. What is a big reason that Marya likes to have an eating disorder?

10. As a child, how does Marya act when she is alone?

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