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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 has Marya realized about life over the years?

2. What keeps Marya eating?

3. Whom does Marya ask to tell her if she has gained weight?

4. How does Mayra feel while at this place?

5. What book informs Marya's decision to become anorexic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marya's experience at Lowe House differ from Methodist Hospital?

2. Slowly, what does Marya begin to think about her skinny looks?

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

4. To Marya, what were eating disorders an excuse for?

5. When does Marya's brother finally realize how thin Marya is?

6. What does Marya almost refuse to take?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Marya's relationship with her father to her relationship with her mother. How did the two use Marya to get what they wanted?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Mother/daughter relationships are unique to the people that participate in the relationship.

1) Describe Marya and her mother's relationship.

2) How do Marya and her mother effectively or ineffectively communicate with each other?

3) How could they have improved their relationship?

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