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

2. Verena explains that the Calliope House used to serve as what type of organization between the 1920s and the 1970s?
(a) A house for unwed mothers.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) A wedding reception hall.
(d) A dentistry practice.

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

4. What is distinctive about the room in which hardcore porn videos are projected 24 hours a day within The Calliope House?
(a) It is circular.
(b) It is lit with only red lighting.
(c) It is painted black.
(d) It is enormous.

5. What forgotten item does Plum find within an interior pocket of her backpack while trying to pay at the diner?
(a) Leeta's pair of tights.
(b) Verena's check.
(c) Her weight loss tokens.
(d) Her Baptist card.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what British newspaper are photos of topless young women always published on page three?

3. How does Plum reply when Verena asks her what Alicia will be able to do as a skinny person, that Plum cannot?

4. What is the name of Marlowe's son?

5. When Sana suggests that Plum get out of the house, where does she suggest Plum go?

(see the answer key)

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