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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude - Present Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Marya move in with when she turns eighteen?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) Her friend Sybil.
(c) A random man she meets.
(d) Her boyfriend.

2. What lie does Mayra create to leave?
(a) She promises not to abuse herself anymore.
(b) She says that someone in the treatment center has been abusing her.
(c) She needs to be with her parents to survive.
(d) She says she was sexually abused as a child.

3. What happens to people that have not eaten in a long time or have not eaten properly?
(a) Their bodies do not know how to process food.
(b) They are constipated.
(c) They throw up more.
(d) They refuse to eat.

4. Marya decides to abort her own baby by _____________.
(a) Refusing to eat for days.
(b) Taking a prescription drug.
(c) Going to an abortion clinic.
(d) Throwing herself down the stairs.

5. When Marya's parents come home from their first trip, what do they find?
(a) The house is a complete mess.
(b) The man Marya had sex with.
(c) Marya is very thin.
(d) The toilet is clogged with vomit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does anorexia represent to the girls in the clinic and the outside world?

2. When Marya's brother Paul hugs her goodbye, what does he realize?

3. What is the smartest thing that someone can do for someone else recovering from an eating disorder?

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

5. What does this person think about Marya's actions towards food?

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