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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 begin to lose her control over?

2. What has Marya realized about life over the years?

3. Whose instructions are not being followed?

4. What does Marya like about her body?

5. The antibiotic that the doctor gives Marya _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Interlude-Present Day, what does Marya discuss?

4. Why does Marya decide to visit Kathi?

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

6. Whom does she now harass to talk to about her weight?

7. What are Marya's main reasons for not committing suicide or giving up on living?

8. Why do Marya's bad habits with food quickly come back?

9. What does Marya realize about her desire to lose weight?

10. Slowly, what does Marya begin to think about her skinny looks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do anorexics justify what they are doing to their bodies? How did Marya justify her actions? Jane? Marya's mother?

Essay Topic 3

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

- Father

- Grandmother

- Young Cousin

- Mother

- Husbands

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