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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. 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 warning girls to stay away from eating disorders when she is has one.
(d) She is trying to stay positive when she only has negative thoughts.

2. Whose instructions are not being followed?
(a) Marya's own.
(b) Kathi, the nurse from Methodist.
(c) Her mother's suggestions.
(d) Her doctor's orders.

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

4. After Marya returns to school and meets her new roommate, what does she weigh?
(a) 72 pounds.
(b) 67 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 45 pounds.

5. While she was writing the book, what else changed in her body?
(a) Her hair grew back.
(b) Her body healed.
(c) Her finger nails grew.
(d) She grew three inches taller.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Marya, what was the need for the eating disorder?

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

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

4. What happens to her body during this time?

5. What does Marya like about her body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Interlude-November 5, 1996, what does Marya describe?

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

9. What are Marya's main reasons for not committing suicide or giving up on living?

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

(see the answer keys)

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