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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 will Marya change her life soon?
(a) She will fall deeper into herself.
(b) She will not be able to change.
(c) She will willingly go back into treatment.
(d) She will be forced to go to another facility.

2. In the Afterword, Marya is having difficulty with ___________.
(a) Hurting those she loves.
(b) Feeling sorry for herself.
(c) Writing her story.
(d) Talking to others about her pain.

3. In the Afterword, what is wrong with Marya's body?
(a) Her teeth are broken.
(b) Her immune and reproductive systems have shut down.
(c) She has lost some limbs.
(d) Her hair is falling out.

4. As a child, Marya feels as though she is scared of____________.
(a) All clothes, especially shoes.
(b) All clothes, especially jeans.
(c) All clothes, especially shirts.
(d) All clothes, especially socks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marya is six, what does she do with her life plan?

2. Does Marya think that eating disorders occur often in this country?

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

4. Whom does Marya live with while in California?

5. After Marya returns to school and meets her new roommate, what does she weigh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Marya decide to visit Kathi?

5. What body systems do not work right as a result of Marya's disorders?

6. What will Marya always worry about?

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

8. What does the antibiotic do to Marya's system?

9. What does Marya wish that her husband would notice?

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

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