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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. What is the main part of this Interlude?
(a) Marya's memories of her childhood.
(b) Marya's memories of recovering from an eating disorder.
(c) Marya's memories of meeting her husband.
(d) Marya's memories of trying to fit in with other people.

2. At Lowe House, what is the approach of the therapists?
(a) To monitor the patient's every move.
(b) To treat the patients poorly.
(c) To care about the patients as victims and people.
(d) To trust the patient's judgment.

3. What does Marya realize that her eating disorders have done to her body?
(a) Made her look the best she has ever looked.
(b) Caused her to become stronger.
(c) Made her unattractive.
(d) Made her more attractive.

4. Who picks Marya up off the highway?
(a) Her cousins.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The cops.
(d) Her step-brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mayra feel while at this place?

2. When Marya visits home, what makes her parents realize she is not getting better?

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

4. In the Afterword, what is wrong with Marya's body?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Marya decide to visit Kathi?

5. What marks the point where Marya's life starts to fall apart again?

6. What will Marya always worry about?

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

8. After arriving at Lowe House, what is Marya warned about by another patient?

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

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

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