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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Drink Me," pages 62-130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the booklet that enrages the woman at the Baptist Diet meeting and causes her to leave?
(a) Nobody Wants to Be Fat.
(b) Why I Need to Change.
(c) When I'm Thin.
(d) Five Reasons I Hate My Life.

2. What is lying across Plum's bed that embarrasses Plum the first time Verena visits Plum's apartment?
(a) A new black skirt much too small for Plum.
(b) A new yellow sweater much too small for Plum.
(c) A pile of candy bar wrappers.
(d) A new red dress much too small for Plum.

3. How does Plum meet Carmen?
(a) They both work at Austen Media.
(b) They attend the same support group meetings.
(c) In college.
(d) Carmen marries Plum's brother.

4. How does Plum reply when Verena asks her what Alicia will be able to do as a skinny person, that Plum cannot?
(a) She says Alicia will be able to eat in public.
(b) She says Alicia will never want for money.
(c) She says Alicia will have a boyfriend.
(d) She says Alicia will be able to walk down the street without hearing mean comments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puts the names and photos of Michael Simmons and Davis Green online?

2. What does Verena offer to give to Plum if Plum follows what Verena calls "the New Baptist Plan" (92)?

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

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

5. What request does Julia make of Plum the first time they meet?

(see the answer key)

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