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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Verena offer to give to Plum if Plum follows what Verena calls "the New Baptist Plan" (92)?
(a) A trip to Maui.
(b) $20,000.
(c) A job at the Calliope House.
(d) A new wardrobe.

2. Whose idea had it been to give Plum a copy of Adventures in Dietland?
(a) Julia.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Leeta.
(d) Verena.

3. In what year was the Austen Corporation created?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1911.

4. What is the name of the enormous room in which Plum discovers Julia?
(a) The Relaxation Haven.
(b) The Publishing Arena.
(c) The Archives Room.
(d) The Beauty Closet.

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

6. In what state does Plum attend college?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Rhode Island.

7. Where does Plum keep clothes that are much too small for her?
(a) In the entryway.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In her car.

8. At what location does Plum first notice that a girl is following her?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The library.
(c) Her own home.
(d) The gas station.

9. Plum says that her daily activities have kept her within what radius of her house for many years?
(a) A five-mile radius.
(b) A two-block radius.
(c) A five-block radius.
(d) A one-mile radius.

10. What types of meetings does Plum attend in the basement of a church?
(a) Waist Watchers meetings.
(b) Overeaters Anonymous meetings.
(c) Al-Anon meetings.
(d) Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

11. What role does Verena explicitly say she does not inhabit?
(a) The role of a writer.
(b) The role of a therapist.
(c) The role of an activist.
(d) The role of a philanthropist.

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

13. What does Julia have tattooed all over her chest?
(a) Roses with thorns.
(b) Hearts.
(c) Knives.
(d) Eternity symbols.

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

15. What is NOT one piece of advice Plum gives LuAnne when she writes to Plum to tell her that her stepbrother is sneaking into her room at night?
(a) Lock your door.
(b) Pile up furniture in front of the door.
(c) Tell a trusted adult what is happening.
(d) Take videos of his visits.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Plum afford such an expensive apartment in New York City?

4. What excuse does Erica use to get Plum to come to the Austen Media offices?

5. What word is written on the wadded up pieces of paper found within the throats of both Michael Simmons and Davis Green?

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