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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. Before she leaves for winter break, what is Marya eating?

2. What does Mayra still struggle with?

3. What does Marya's visit to Methodist Hospital foreshadow?

4. Where industry did Mayra's parents work in?

5. To live up to the rumors around her, what does Marya begin to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marya feel at the age of five and why?

4. What causes Marya to be obsessed by sex?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marya considers bulimics to be very passionate and filled with desires. They, in her opinion, are also weak and always give in. Do you agree or disagree with her statement? Does it makes sense to you?

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

Disconnection with the mind and body is a theme that continually occurs throughout the novel. Give three examples of where and when Marya feels disconnected. Be sure to explain the circumstances.

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