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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. Why does Marya stop eating in the cafeteria?

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

3. By Christmas, what does she weigh?

4. The first time her parents leave Marya alone, what happens?

5. Why does Marya want to stay where she is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Marya always worry about?

2. To Marya, what were eating disorders an excuse for?

3. When Marya feels like she is having a nervous breakdown, what is really happening?

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

5. Why is Marya afraid to fall asleep, and how does not sleeping affect her?

6. How does Marya's experience at Lowe House differ from Methodist Hospital?

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

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

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

10. How does Marya attempt to trick the doctors, her parents, and her friends into thinking she is healthy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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