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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. Currently, what gives her a reason to not give up?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daughter's life.
(c) Her entire family's help.
(d) Her new husband.

2. Where does Marya find herself in 1991?
(a) In college.
(b) At home with her parents.
(c) At Lowe House.
(d) At Methodist Hospital.

3. By Christmas, what does she weigh?
(a) 50 pounds.
(b) 80 pounds.
(c) 75 pounds.
(d) 40 pounds.

4. When Marya practices anorexia, how does she feel?
(a) Calm.
(b) Like she is losing control.
(c) The happiest she has ever felt.
(d) Like she is completely in control of her life.

5. Although Marya is dating and making new friends at school, what happens at night?
(a) She won't talk to her parents.
(b) She is still taking drugs and sleeping around.
(c) She still throws up.
(d) She cuts herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marya chicken out and not take advantage of her opportunity to get better?

2. What is the main part of this Interlude?

3. What makes getting Marya's teeth extracted difficult?

4. What does aftermath mean?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Duane's hug provide for Marya?

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

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

5. How does this person not oblige Marya's whims?

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

7. What will Marya always worry about?

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

9. Why do Marya's bad habits with food quickly come back?

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

(see the answer keys)

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