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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 happens during Marya's pregnancy?

2. Just as Marya uses Bulimia to fill an emotional void, she uses _____ in the same way.

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

4. Marya's mother thinks __________ is responsible for Marya's eating disorder.

5. How did Mayra's parents use Mayra?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action gets the story moving quickly?

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

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

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

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

6. As a child, how does Marya act when she is alone?

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

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

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

10. How does the novel begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Marya moves back into her parents' house while taking class at a university what happens to her? Why do her old habits return? What should her parents have done to promote her continued success and rehabilitation?

Essay Topic 2

Marya is convinced that she desperately wanted to die or simply stop existing. What stopped her from committing suicide?

What currently keeps her wanting to continue her fight against her eating disorders?

Essay Topic 3

Mother/daughter relationships are unique to the people that participate in the relationship.

1) Describe Marya and her mother's relationship.

2) How do Marya and her mother effectively or ineffectively communicate with each other?

3) How could they have improved their relationship?

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