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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is uncomfortable with the couple's public displays of affection.
(c) She does not like to eat at restaurants when dieting.
(d) She thinks Carmen does not really want her to come.

2. What quality does Plum say has always defined her?
(a) Politeness.
(b) Roundness.
(c) Oddity.
(d) Invisibility.

3. How many years has it been since Plum set foot inside her childhood home on Harper Lane?
(a) Two years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Eight years.

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

5. For what reason does Plum reject her father's offer for her to come visit him in Boise?
(a) She cannot take her Baptist meals with her.
(b) She wants to stay in town to spend time with her new boyfriend.
(c) She has acquired a fear of flying.
(d) She does not want him to see her again until she is thin.

6. What method is used by the Baptist Diet meeting leader to determine how much weight Plum needs to lose?
(a) A measurement of her body fat percentage.
(b) A software program developed by Eulayla's brother.
(c) A measurement of her metabolic rate.
(d) The Body Mass Index.

7. How much money does Plum say is rumored to be within Verena's inherited fortune?
(a) $20,000,000.
(b) $200,000,000.
(c) $2,000,000.
(d) $60,000,000.

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

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

10. 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 never leave her apartment.
(b) She replies that she would not want to live anymore.
(c) She replies that she would celebrate letting go of the obsession.
(d) She replies that she would move into The Calliope House for good.

11. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?
(a) Her brother tells her about it.
(b) She reads a book about it.
(c) Her best friend tells her about it.
(d) She sees commercials about it on television.

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

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

15. In what British newspaper are photos of topless young women always published on page three?
(a) The Mirror.
(b) The Daily Herald.
(c) The Daily Sun.
(d) The London Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Plum?

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

3. Whose idea had it been to give Plum a copy of Adventures in Dietland?

4. What reason does Plum provide for why she does not have more friends, does not have dinner parties, and does not have overnight guests?

5. 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?

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