Question

ext. sarah goes onto a skin cancer website and reads is testimony from a young woman named mia. i had always loved the sun and the feeling of being tan. i spent most of my teenage years outdoors: playing sports, on the beach, or in a pool. when i was a junior in high school, i bought a beautiful white prom dress. i thought that i would look better in it with tanned skin, so i went to a tanning salon for the first time. it was the first time of many. throughout high school, i continued to lie out in the sun without any protection, and continued to go to a tanning salon. all of my friends were doing the same thing, and every celebrity and pop star i loved looked thin, beautiful, and tan. when i was 19, i was diagnosed with melanoma. i had to have surgery, and a chunk the size of an egg was removed from my thigh. the doctors also took out nearby lymph nodes to make sure the cancer had not spread. luckily, my tests came back clear. what influenced mias decisions about sunscreen and sun exposure? check all that apply. mia chose to get a tan because she thought she looked better with one. mia was unaware that sun exposure causes cance most of mias friends also went tanning. mias cancer diagnosis convinced her to stop tanning. many of the celebrities mia admired had tanned skin. mia did not think that tanning was risky.

Explanation:

• Mia thought she looked better with a tan ("I thought that I would look better in it with tanned skin").
• Her friends were tanning ("All of my friends were doing the same thing").
• Celebrities she admired had tanned skin ("every celebrity and pop star I loved looked thin, beautiful, and tan").
• She didn't think tanning was risky (implied by her continuous tanning without protection).
• After cancer diagnosis, she likely stopped (though the text mainly focuses on pre - diagnosis decisions, the diagnosis is a factor in her overall relationship with tanning).

Answer:

Mia chose to get a tan because she thought she looked better with one.
Most of Mia's friends also went tanning.
Many of the celebrities Mia admired had tanned skin.
Mia did not think that tanning was risky.
Mia's cancer diagnosis convinced her to stop tanning.