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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. What does Mayra still struggle with?

2. Who persuades her to tell her parents about the disease?

3. What does Marya reveal to her psychiatrist?

4. After moving to Minnesota, what does Marya often use to calm her nerves?

5. While doing research for this book, Marya spoke to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions affect Marya while growing up?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the novel begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From reading the novel, Marya has given the reader several symptoms of bulimia and anorexia. List out 5 examples of actions or behaviors that anorexics and bulimics typically display.

Essay Topic 2

Which of the following characters do you believe most caused Marya's eating disorders?

- Father

- Grandmother

- Young Cousin

- Mother

- Husbands

Essay Topic 3

Through the interludes, Marya is able to reflect back on her old life and old ways. Are the interludes effective?

If so, why or why not? What is the tone of the reflection? Is it different than the rest of the autobiographies?

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