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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only color of clothes Plum wears at the time of the novel's beginning?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) Gray.

2. How does Plum describe the hair of the girl who has been following her?
(a) Short and blonde.
(b) Long and blonde.
(c) Short and dark.
(d) Long and dark.

3. How many teenage girls' email addresses does Plum have as a result of her position at Austen Media?
(a) 12,438.
(b) 25,997.
(c) 36,897.
(d) 52,407.

4. The entryway of the Calliope House is covered with what color of wallpaper?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

5. Whose twin brother and nephew are kidnapped by the terrorist organization known as Jennifer?
(a) The CEO of The Daily Sun.
(b) The CEO of The London Times.
(c) The CEO of The Daily Herald.
(d) The CEO of the Mirror.

6. What is Plum's last name?
(a) Kiefer.
(b) Kettle.
(c) Kingsolver.
(d) Kaywright.

7. In what year was the Austen Corporation created?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1956.

8. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?
(a) She feels sick from her antidepressant withdrawals.
(b) She does not like to eat at restaurants when dieting.
(c) She is uncomfortable with the couple's public displays of affection.
(d) She thinks Carmen does not really want her to come.

9. How old is Plum?
(a) Nearly 50.
(b) Nearly 40.
(c) Nearly 30.
(d) Nearly 20.

10. How does Plum's mother feel about Plum's plan to have bariatric surgery?
(a) She wants to pay for it.
(b) She does not know about Plum's plans for surgery.
(c) She is for it.
(d) She is against it.

11. When Verena asks Plum what would happen if she is already living her real life and will never lose weight, what is Plum's reply?
(a) She replies that she would never leave her apartment.
(b) She replies that she would move into The Calliope House for good.
(c) She replies that she would not want to live anymore.
(d) She replies that she would celebrate letting go of the obsession.

12. What is NOT an item listed as dangerous to dieters within the Baptist Plan pamphlets Plum is given?
(a) Laxatives.
(b) Carnivals.
(c) The death of a loved on.
(d) Fairs.

13. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

14. Plum says that after bariatric surgery, "in one year, it would be possible to lose more than" (7) how many pounds?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 225.

15. Plum says that her daily activities have kept her within what radius of her house for many years?
(a) A five-block radius.
(b) A one-mile radius.
(c) A two-block radius.
(d) A five-mile radius.

Short Answer Questions

1. The simile that the author uses to describe how Plum feels when she is around women with "grown-up lives" (7) is "like a" what "floating in a jar of formaldehyde" (7)?

2. What is the name of the enormous room in which Plum discovers Julia?

3. For what reason does Plum reject her father's offer for her to come visit him in Boise?

4. On the day that Verena first visits Plum's apartment, how long does Plum say it has been since anyone besides the superintendent has been inside her home?

5. Whose idea had it been to give Plum a copy of Adventures in Dietland?

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