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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. 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) He is not a good doctor.
(d) The lack of understanding about eating disorders in the medical field.

2. What lie does Mayra create to leave?
(a) She says she was sexually abused as a child.
(b) She needs to be with her parents to survive.
(c) She promises not to abuse herself anymore.
(d) She says that someone in the treatment center has been abusing her.

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

4. Marya thinks she is a hypocrite while visiting her grandmother because ____________.
(a) She is trying to stay positive when she only has negative thoughts.
(b) She thinks her cousins are fat.
(c) She is warning girls to stay away from eating disorders when she is has one.
(d) She thinks her grandmother is right.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Marya does not eat, what will happen?

2. Whom does Marya ask to tell her if she has gained weight?

3. Where does Marya decide to go to school?

4. What does Marya begin to lose her control over?

5. To hide her purging, what does Marya do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marya almost refuse to take?

2. How does this person not oblige Marya's whims?

3. What gives Marya the ability to carry on with her life and fight everyday?

4. How does Marya attempt to trick the doctors, her parents, and her friends into thinking she is healthy?

5. What does the antibiotic do to Marya's system?

6. While at school, what does Marya begin to do to herself?

7. How does 1991 get off to a good start for Marya?

8. Why do Marya's bad habits with food quickly come back?

9. Why does Marya decide to visit Kathi?

10. Whom does she now harass to talk to about her weight?

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