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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. In what month is Plum's bariatric surgery scheduled?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) October.

2. How long does the Baptist Diet meeting leader tell Plum it will take for her to lose all the weight?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Nine months.

3. What topic does Plum say that no one at The Calliope House ever discusses, but that Julia must discuss, due to her undercover work?
(a) Restrictive undergarments.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Calories.

4. Verena tells Plum that if Plum has bariatric surgery, then she will no longer be the spitting image of which one of her family members?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

5. Verena tells Plum that "the weight-loss industry is the most" what type of "failed industry in history" (98)?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Sexist.
(c) Profitable.
(d) Egregious.

Short Answer Questions

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

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)?

3. What is the name of the reporter that Plum describes as being on television all day with Jennifer coverage, "as if she were covering a war" (156)?

4. What connection does Plum say she shares with Julia and with none of the other women associated with The Calliope House?

5. How did Sana sustain her facial scarring?

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