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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. As a result of her eating disorder, what would often happen to Marya?

2. What does food do for many people?

3. During 1989, Marya is accepted at ________.

4. Marya believes that eating disorders are ____________.

5. At the age of 4, what does Marya claim to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Marya use besides bulimia to fill a void in her life?

8. When Marya looks at her file, what does she see?

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

10. To add to her sex and eating addictions, what else happens to Marya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marya notices that the women in her family have a terrible problem with food. Choose three of Marya's family members and discuss their feelings about food. How are they similar or different to Marya's food issues?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Marya constantly thinks her body is disgusting and awful. In reality, what Marya puts her body through causes it to become sickly, disfigured, and unattractive.

1) When does Marya finally realize the extent of the damages to her body?

2) To her psyche?

3) To all those around her?

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