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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mayra's parents try to reward her?
(a) With presents.
(b) With love.
(c) With verbal praise.
(d) With food.

2. Marya believes that eating disorders are ____________.
(a) Addictions.
(b) Excuses.
(c) Nuisances.
(d) A way to be perfect.

3. What does food do for many people?
(a) Makes them feel very calm.
(b) Nurtures them.
(c) Makes people feel calmer and nurtured.
(d) Makes them fat.

4. In Marya's opinion, what does the American Dream prompt women to do?
(a) Lose weight to be successful.
(b) Create unrealistic expectations.
(c) Hate themselves.
(d) Deny weight problems.

5. What was the lowest weight that Mayra got down to?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 52 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 80 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Marya decided to write her book?

2. Who does Marya often compare herself to in the book?

3. What does Marya's visit to Methodist Hospital foreshadow?

4. What happens at therapy with her parents?

5. What does Marya believe about her body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details and statistics does Marya give in this section of the book?

2. To add to her sex and eating addictions, what else happens to Marya?

3. How else does the treatment center cause Marya anxiety?

4. Why does Marya refer to this section of the book as "Take 1"?

5. Why is Marya writing this novel?

6. What causes Marya to be obsessed by sex?

7. What becomes a coincidence for Marya when she goes to Interlochen?

8. What does Marya explain about anorexics and how their minds work?

9. Why does Marya decide to switch from bulimia to anorexia?

10. What also leads Mayra do develop a strange relationship to food?

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