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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. While doing research for this book, Marya spoke to _____________.
(a) Her mother.
(b) Another patient from Methodist Hospital.
(c) Kathi, the nurse from Methodist Hospital.
(d) The doctor who cared for her at Methodist Hospital.

2. When Marya tries to dream big, what do her parents tell her?
(a) She can be whatever she wants.
(b) To be more realistic.
(c) To keep dreaming.
(d) All of her dreams will come true.

3. What happens during Marya's pregnancy?
(a) Her body aborts her baby.
(b) Her father beats her causing her to loose the baby.
(c) She holds the baby until she is 6 months.
(d) She becomes very sick.

4. What does anorexia represent to the girls in the clinic and the outside world?
(a) They are concerned about physical looks only.
(b) They are out of control of their bodies.
(c) They are in control of their bodies.
(d) You are able to deny yourself food.

5. When looking through her old files, what does Marya think?
(a) She is looking at a stanger's files.
(b) She hates her old life.
(c) She misses her old life.
(d) She hates her family for not helping her sooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya call her doctor in the book?

2. What doctor will not help Marya at Methodist?

3. Why has Marya decided to write her book?

4. Instead of going to school, how does Marya spend her time?

5. Growing up, how does Mayra feel in her body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel begin?

2. What becomes a coincidence for Marya when she goes to Interlochen?

3. What does Marya explain about anorexics and how their minds work?

4. When Marya is about to leave for her new school, what does she feel?

5. As Marya turns eight, what happens to her body?

6. Why does Marya decide to switch from bulimia to anorexia?

7. What does Marya realize about those around her from her past?

8. How else does the treatment center cause Marya anxiety?

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

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

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