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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mayra realize that she does not like to be touched?

2. How do Marya's parents see her?

3. Who does Marya often compare herself to in the book?

4. What is her current weight?

5. What does Mayra's mother admit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is very different about life in the clinic and how it might make a person feel like they have no privacy?

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

9. When a friend finally tells a school counselor about Marya's problem, how does Marya feel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the novel reaches its climax, Marya's weight plummets. How does the author use this information to build suspense and propel her plot along? What literary techniques does the author employ? Do you think he is successful?

Essay Topic 2

How do anorexics justify what they are doing to their bodies? How did Marya justify her actions? Jane? Marya's mother?

Essay Topic 3

Why are the anorexics and bulimics working against each other while they are in rehab? How does this help or hinder their therapeutic process at Lowe House?

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