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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Eat Me,” pages 266-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is uncomfortable with the couple's public displays of affection.
(c) She thinks Carmen does not really want her to come.
(d) She does not like to eat at restaurants when dieting.

2. What action had Marlowe taken during her time in Italy that had endangered her contract with NBC?
(a) She had given an interview to a rival broadcasting station.
(b) She had published an expose of NBC.
(c) She had gotten a tattoo.
(d) She had cut off her hair.

3. As she leaves Dr. Ahmad's office, Plum thinks to herself that she will look like which monster after all of her surgeries?
(a) Dracula.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) The Mummy.
(d) The Wolfman.

4. What does Mason continue to insist to Plum at the end of their confrontation?
(a) That she is pretty.
(b) That he really does want to get to know her.
(c) That he is drunk.
(d) That he is stupid.

5. How does the man who insults Plum respond to her retort?
(a) He kicks her in the shin.
(b) He trips her.
(c) He throws coffee on her.
(d) He punches her in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marlowe tells Plum that fat women are not controlled by society and that in fact they are what?

2. What does Rubi tell Plum that all of Plum's years of dieting have ruined, saying that it will now take time to heal?

3. Whom does Verena name as the woman who wrote that "It's more difficult to kill a phantom than a reality" (292)?

4. In what month is Plum's bariatric surgery scheduled?

5. When Plum moves from her posh apartment into a basement apartment, where is the basement apartment located?

(see the answer key)

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