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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. When was the first Interlude of the book written?

2. During 1989, Marya is accepted at ________.

3. Why does Marya believe that being wealth rather than poverty leads to being thin?

4. To this day, what does Marya say she misses about bulimia?

5. To keep up appearances of normalcy, what do Marya's parents do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action gets the story moving quickly?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What causes Marya to be obsessed by sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Marya searches for people who will love her, care for her, and understand her. How is her bulimia, anorexia, and sex addiction a call for her? Does she receive the help she needs too late?

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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