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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Drink Me,” pages 131-177 and “Underground”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dermatologist tells Plum that she is no longer allowed to take what action?
(a) Washing her face with soap.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Going out in the sun.
(d) Eating saturated fats.

2. How old is Verena?
(a) In her early 30s.
(b) In her late 30s.
(c) In her early 50s.
(d) In her late 40s.

3. To whom is Marlowe's book Fuckability Theory dedicated?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Gloria Steinem.
(c) Hillary Clinton.
(d) The 3 Studs and Sharlene.

4. How does Luz, the teenage victim of the gang-rape, commit suicide?
(a) She drowns herself.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She jumps in front of a train.
(d) She uses a gun.

5. What does Verena reveal as Plum's first step on the "New Baptist Plan" (110)?
(a) Eating everything she wants for twenty-four hours straight.
(b) Weaning herself off of antidepressants.
(c) Contacting anyone who has made fun of her body to demand an apology.
(d) Getting rid of her too-small clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man on the subway platform refers to Plum as a "that" (148), what is the man wearing?

2. Whose idea had it been to give Plum a copy of Adventures in Dietland?

3. 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)?

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

5. What is the name of Plum's first blind date?

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