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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 Marya tell her brother about her body?

2. To Marya, there is no ___________ , only success or failure.

3. What does aftermath mean?

4. When Mayra moves out of her parents' house, what does she stop doing?

5. How does Marya chicken out and not take advantage of her opportunity to get better?

Short Essay Questions

1. While going to American University, what happens to Marya's body and mind?

2. What does the antibiotic do to Marya's system?

3. What does Marya almost refuse to take?

4. While at school, what does Marya begin to do to herself?

5. What marks the point where Marya's life starts to fall apart again?

6. In Interlude-November 5, 1996, what does Marya describe?

7. How does Marya begin leading a double life in this section of the novel?

8. After arriving at Lowe House, what is Marya warned about by another patient?

9. How does 1991 get off to a good start for Marya?

10. What does Marya wish that her husband would notice?

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

Marya explains that anorexics have more control than bulimics. Anorexics are capable of completely neglecting their body. They also think they can exist without their bodies. What does this reasoning mean? How can someone live without their body?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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