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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. How old is Plum?
(a) Nearly 20.
(b) Nearly 50.
(c) Nearly 30.
(d) Nearly 40.

2. At what time of day does Plum say she usually "slips into despair" (12) each day?
(a) Noon.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 a.m.

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

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)?
(a) Like an abnormal brain.
(b) Like a rotten tooth.
(c) Like a fetus.
(d) Like an animal.

5. With what two words do the pleas Plum receives from teenage girls always begin?
(a) Dear Abby.
(b) Dear Plum.
(c) Dear Alicia.
(d) Dear Kitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plum says that her daily activities have kept her within what radius of her house for many years?

2. How long does the Baptist Diet meeting leader tell Plum it will take for her to lose all the weight?

3. How does Plum meet Carmen?

4. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?

5. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?

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