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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Plum say she can tell about the sales clerk at the plus-size clothing store?
(a) That she is an ally.
(b) That she is comfortable with herself.
(c) That she is judgmental.
(d) That she has great fashion sense.

2. With whom had Soledad worked at a women's clinic in her role as a rape crisis counselor?
(a) Plum.
(b) Julia.
(c) Luz.
(d) Leeta.

3. Before they go to the dermatologist, Marlowe and Plum go to a coffeehouse, but Plum cannot sit down to drink her iced coffee. Why can she not sit down?
(a) She is too excited for her fine-line-reducing facial.
(b) There are no seats available after she lets Marlowe take the last stool.
(c) Her new Thinz undergarments are squeezing her too tightly.
(d) She is too nervous about her facial peel.

4. Plum states that after being underground, she now finds what object to be "wholesome and pure" (207)?
(a) A grape.
(b) An apple.
(c) A pear.
(d) A plum.

5. When Plum gushes to Marlowe about how beautiful she had been on her show, Marlowe tells her that it had taken a what to make her look the way she had?
(a) A miracle.
(b) A huge paycheck.
(c) A committee.
(d) An act of God.

6. When Plum remarks that she feels "weird" (143) after going to the waxing salon, to what is she referring?
(a) Her hairless arms.
(b) Her bleached eyebrows.
(c) Her tinted eyelashes.
(d) Her Brazilian wax results.

7. Chronologically, what event is found to be the first in the series of Jennifer-related events?
(a) The kidnapping of Wilson and Martinez.
(b) The bombing of a strip club in New Jersey.
(c) The kidnapping of The Dirty Dozen.
(d) The murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green.

8. How does Luz, the teenage victim of the gang-rape, commit suicide?
(a) She jumps in front of a train.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She drowns herself.
(d) She uses a gun.

9. When Plum reads Leeta's investigative journal entries, she sees that Leeta had always referred to Plum by what name?
(a) Louise B.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Superfly.
(d) Erica.

10. What part of Plum's body does the esthetician NOT wax when Marlowe takes Plum to the waxing salon?
(a) Her privates.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her nose.
(d) Her underarms.

11. Who calls Marlowe to ask if she had masterminded the acts claimed by Jennifer?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A journalist.
(d) Her ex-wife.

12. In what room is the namesake of The Calliope House carved into the wall?
(a) In Plum's bedroom.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the foyer.
(d) In the kitchen.

13. What topic of conversation does Plum say is discussed at The Calliope House each day during the time she lives there?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Sizeism.
(d) Food.

14. Marlowe tells Plum that fat women are not controlled by society and that in fact they are what?
(a) Blacklisted.
(b) Accomplices.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Ignored.

15. What is the name of the reporter that Plum describes as being on television all day with Jennifer coverage, "as if she were covering a war" (156)?
(a) Shannon Cook-Martin.
(b) Cheryl Crane-Murphy.
(c) Margarita Potapova-Green.
(d) Chyanne Noble-Gaston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before her outing with Marlowe, Plum has not worn high heels since what event in her life?

2. What action does Dr. Ahmad tell Plum she will be unable to take after her breast lift and implant surgeries?

3. What favor does Julia ask of Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?

4. What is the name of the foundation next door to The Calliope House that gets frequent bomb threats?

5. Which of Plum's post-weight-loss-surgery scars does Dr. Ahmad say will be the longest?

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