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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Rabbit Hole” and “Alicia & Plum”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?
(a) A peanut.
(b) A walnut.
(c) A pea.
(d) A golf ball.

2. How does Plum afford such an expensive apartment in New York City?
(a) She has two roommates.
(b) Her parents pay her rent.
(c) She lives off a settlement from a prior car accident.
(d) Her mother's cousin owns the apartment and charges Plum reduced rent.

3. How does Plum's mother feel about Plum's plan to have bariatric surgery?
(a) She is against it.
(b) She wants to pay for it.
(c) She does not know about Plum's plans for surgery.
(d) She is for it.

4. In what location does Plum have the nervous breakdown that causes her to consider committing suicide?
(a) At the university health clinic.
(b) At the supermarket.
(c) At the gym.
(d) At the university library.

5. What is the name of the woman who has an angry outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting and leaves?
(a) Janine.
(b) Leeta.
(c) Verena.
(d) Kitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Plum keep her clothes that fit?

2. What is the only color of clothes Plum wears at the time of the novel's beginning?

3. At what time of day does Plum say she usually "slips into despair" (12) each day?

4. 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)?

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

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