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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Plum keep her clothes that fit?
(a) On the floor.
(b) On the deck.
(c) In the closet.
(d) In the kitchen.

3. What reason does Plum provide for why she does not have more friends, does not have dinner parties, and does not have overnight guests?
(a) Her life is not real yet.
(b) She is scared of life.
(c) She struggles with agoraphobia.
(d) Her fat life is not over yet.

4. How many fashion magazines are published by Austen Media?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

5. When Verena asks Plum what would happen if she is already living her real life and will never lose weight, what is Plum's reply?
(a) She replies that she would not want to live anymore.
(b) She replies that she would never leave her apartment.
(c) She replies that she would move into The Calliope House for good.
(d) She replies that she would celebrate letting go of the obsession.

6. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

7. Who sends Plum an email while pretending to be a teenage girl in need of help from Kitty?
(a) Verena.
(b) Erica.
(c) Julia.
(d) Leeta.

8. 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) Why I Need to Change.
(d) When I'm Thin.

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

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

11. How does Plum describe the hair of the girl who has been following her?
(a) Long and blonde.
(b) Short and blonde.
(c) Long and dark.
(d) Short and dark.

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

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

14. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?
(a) A walnut.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A pea.
(d) A peanut.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many teenage girls' email addresses does Plum have as a result of her position at Austen Media?

2. How does Plum reply when Verena asks her what Alicia will be able to do as a skinny person, that Plum cannot?

3. What type of surgery do Julia and her sisters undergo as they each reach their 21st birthdays?

4. In what British newspaper are photos of topless young women always published on page three?

5. What is NOT an item listed as dangerous to dieters within the Baptist Plan pamphlets Plum is given?

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