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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Eat Me,” pages 204-265.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivers the insult that Marlowe ends up incorporating into her tattoo?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A reporter.
(c) An NBC executive.
(d) Her sister.

2. 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.

3. What does Plum say she can tell about the sales clerk at the plus-size clothing store?
(a) That she is an ally.
(b) That she is comfortable with herself.
(c) That she has great fashion sense.
(d) That she is judgmental.

4. The entryway of the Calliope House is covered with what color of wallpaper?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Erica whispers to Plum, where does she tell her to go?

2. In which year of college does Plum have a nervous breakdown caused by heartbreak over a boy?

3. On the day that Verena first visits Plum's apartment, how long does Plum say it has been since anyone besides the superintendent has been inside her home?

4. On what part of Marlowe's body is her tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?

5. What part of Plum's body does the esthetician NOT wax when Marlowe takes Plum to the waxing salon?

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