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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stored in the room in which Plum discovers Julia?
(a) Ink.
(b) Files.
(c) Yoga mats and meditation pillows.
(d) Makeup.

2. What is lying across Plum's bed that embarrasses Plum the first time Verena visits Plum's apartment?
(a) A new red dress 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 black skirt much too small for Plum.

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

4. Who puts the names and photos of Michael Simmons and Davis Green online?
(a) Leeta.
(b) Shonda's parents.
(c) Julia.
(d) Verena.

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

6. What is Plum's last name?
(a) Kingsolver.
(b) Kaywright.
(c) Kettle.
(d) Kiefer.

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

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

9. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?
(a) She feels sick from her antidepressant withdrawals.
(b) She thinks Carmen does not really want her to come.
(c) She is uncomfortable with the couple's public displays of affection.
(d) She does not like to eat at restaurants when dieting.

10. What is the only color of clothes Plum wears at the time of the novel's beginning?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Pink.
(d) Brown.

11. In what New York City burrough does Plum live?
(a) Queens.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

13. 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) Five Reasons I Hate My Life.
(c) When I'm Thin.
(d) Why I Need to Change.

14. 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 animal.
(b) Like a fetus.
(c) Like an abnormal brain.
(d) Like a rotten tooth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The entryway of the Calliope House is covered with what color of wallpaper?

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

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

5. Who sends Plum an email while pretending to be a teenage girl in need of help from Kitty?

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