1. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?
(a) Her brother tells her about it.
(b) She sees commercials about it on television.
(c) She reads a book about it.
(d) Her best friend tells her about it.

2. How many pounds is Plum told she needs to lose when she attends the Baptist Diet meeting?
(a) 40.
(b) 66.
(c) 83.
(d) 104.

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

4. When Plum first sees the white poplin dress that has been remade in her size, she describes it as looking like a what?
(a) A vision.
(b) A tent.
(c) A balloon.
(d) A cartoon.

5. When Plum takes a cab to the Austen Tower, whose enormous image does she see being stared at by crowds in Times Square?
(a) Soledad.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Leeta.

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. How did Sana sustain her facial scarring?

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

4. Where does Plum keep her clothes that fit?

5. Verena tells Plum that "the weight-loss industry is the most" what type of "failed industry in history" (98)?

(see the answer key)

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