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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sisters does Julia have who, like her, engage in spying on the fashion, beauty, and media industries?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

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

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

4. For what magazine had Leeta worked before being hired as Julia's assistant?
(a) Glamour Bride.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Marie Claire.
(d) Elle Teen.

5. Verena tells Plum that if Plum has bariatric surgery, then she will no longer be the spitting image of which one of her family members?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?

2. What quality does Plum say has always defined her?

3. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?

4. Who puts the names and photos of Michael Simmons and Davis Green online?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Julia to ask Plum if she will hand over the 50,000 plus email addresses of teenage girls who have written to Kitty?

2. How does the motif of the italicized word "Burst!" (42) coincide with the theme of self-hatred?

3. What act does Dr. Ormond Brown believe has precipitated the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?

4. The night before the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green, Dr. Ormond Brown receives an email. What does the email contain and what is the author's implication about who has sent it?

5. What are Plum's mother's feelings regarding Plum's job at Austen Media?

6. What is the identifying feature of Leeta's appearance?

7. What question does Julia ask when she writes to Plum under the guise of being a teenage fan of Kitty's and what is the result of her question?

8. How does Janine's outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting foreshadow Plum's own coming changes?

9. What allusion is being made within the line, "On top of a cabinet, a large orchid was trapped under a bell jar" (85) and what is the author's purpose for using it?

10. Describe Plum's job at Austen Media and how she comes to inhabit it.

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