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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marya goes to the hospital weighing 82 pounds, the doctor suggests that she try to gain weight. What does this show?
(a) The lack of understanding about eating disorders in the medical field.
(b) He does not care about patients with eating disorders.
(c) He is not a good doctor.
(d) He sees Marya's problem as short term.

2. Whom does Marya live with while in California?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her cousins.
(c) Her step-grandmother.
(d) Her uncle.

3. Why does Marya begin to cry after she has aborted the baby?
(a) She thinks she looks fat.
(b) She realizes what she has done.
(c) She is afraid of her parents finding out.
(d) She realizes that her problems are still not solved.

4. Marya thinks she is a hypocrite while visiting her grandmother because ____________.
(a) She thinks her cousins are fat.
(b) She thinks her grandmother is right.
(c) She is trying to stay positive when she only has negative thoughts.
(d) She is warning girls to stay away from eating disorders when she is has one.

5. After leaving Lowe house and moving in with her parents, what happens to Marya?
(a) She begins to smoke to not get fat.
(b) She has several car accidents.
(c) She goes to her grandmother for advice.
(d) She slowly slips back into her old eating habits.

6. Now, why does Marya think her problems started again?
(a) Eating causes her to feel sad and guilty.
(b) Being in her parents' house causes her to regress.
(c) She wanted them to happen again.
(d) She was too tired to fight.

7. Why is the act of feeling bones exciting for Marya?
(a) She is on her way to recovery.
(b) It means she is dying, which she wants.
(c) She can feel her anorexic body returning.
(d) She is able to control herself and her weight.

8. What has Marya realized about life over the years?
(a) She is unable to sustain life by herself.
(b) Being thin leads to happiness.
(c) Being beautiful will make things better.
(d) Being thinner, prettier, or different will not make life different.

9. For Marya, what was the need for the eating disorder?
(a) A way to avoid the pain and reality of life.
(b) She could hide behind it.
(c) Something to do.
(d) A way to make her memorable.

10. How does Mayra feel while at this place?
(a) Confused about her disorders.
(b) She wants to live.
(c) She likes the people she is meeting.
(d) She wants to die.

11. What does Mayra do at home while she is alone?
(a) Writes.
(b) Binges.
(c) Purges.
(d) Reads.

12. What keeps Marya eating?
(a) Her dark passenger.
(b) She realizes what it is like to be a healthy human being.
(c) The doctors from the hospital.
(d) Her husband's will.

13. The first time her parents leave Marya alone, what happens?
(a) She begins cutting herself.
(b) She behaves herself.
(c) She binges and eats all the food in the house.
(d) She locks herself in her room.

14. Whom does Marya meet at school?
(a) The boy she will later marry.
(b) Some new friends.
(c) Other girls with disorders.
(d) More boys to sleep with.

15. What happens to her body during this time?
(a) She loses her memory.
(b) She gains 15 pounds.
(c) She has night sweats.
(d) She loses 15 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point, how many calories is she having per day?

2. What does Marya say that she hates?

3. Because she is alive, Marya feels like she needs to_________.

4. By saying this, what becomes all right?

5. In the end, Marya thinks that her eating disorder is _____.

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