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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What influenced Marya's eating habits?

2. What does Marya show the doctor?

3. Where does Marya convince her parents to send her?

4. When Marya turns seven, where does her father plan to take her?

5. After moving to Minnesota, what does Marya often use to calm her nerves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Marya realize about those around her from her past?

5. What observations does Marya have concerning wealth and money?

6. How does the novel begin?

7. When Marya is about to leave for her new school, what does she feel?

8. When a friend finally tells a school counselor about Marya's problem, how does Marya feel?

9. As Marya turns eight, what happens to her body?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marya explains that anorexics have more control than bulimics. Anorexics are capable of completely neglecting their body. They also think they can exist without their bodies. What does this reasoning mean? How can someone live without their body?

Essay Topic 2

From reading the novel, Marya has given the reader several symptoms of bulimia and anorexia. List out 5 examples of actions or behaviors that anorexics and bulimics typically display.

Essay Topic 3

Disconnection with the mind and body is a theme that continually occurs throughout the novel. Give three examples of where and when Marya feels disconnected. Be sure to explain the circumstances.

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