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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 new wardrobe.
(b) A job at the Calliope House.
(c) A trip to Maui.
(d) $20,000.

2. What word does Verena ask Plum to repeat until she feels comfortable uttering it?
(a) Obese.
(b) Writer.
(c) Fat.
(d) Woman.

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

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

5. Plum says that after bariatric surgery, "in one year, it would be possible to lose more than" (7) how many pounds?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 225.

6. What request does Julia make of Plum the first time they meet?
(a) She asks Plum to quit her job with Austen Media.
(b) She asks Plum to go to dinner with her.
(c) She asks Plum to spy on Kitty for her.
(d) She asks Plum to give her the email addresses of the teenage girls who have written to Kitty.

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

8. How old is Plum?
(a) Nearly 40.
(b) Nearly 50.
(c) Nearly 20.
(d) Nearly 30.

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

10. At what time of day does Plum say she usually "slips into despair" (12) each day?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) Midnight.

11. 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 celebrate letting go of the obsession.
(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 not want to live anymore.

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

13. What type of structure is the Calliope House?
(a) Two townhouses joined together.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) One large mansion.
(d) Three duplexes joined together.

14. Whose twin brother and nephew are kidnapped by the terrorist organization known as Jennifer?
(a) The CEO of The Daily Sun.
(b) The CEO of the Mirror.
(c) The CEO of The Daily Herald.
(d) The CEO of The London Times.

15. How does Plum reply when Verena asks her what Alicia will be able to do as a skinny person, that Plum cannot?
(a) She says Alicia will have a boyfriend.
(b) She says Alicia will never want for money.
(c) She says Alicia will be able to eat in public.
(d) She says Alicia will be able to walk down the street without hearing mean comments.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Plum attend college?

2. What is NOT one piece of evidence Dr. Brown cites as proof that his daughter Shonda's death had not been the result of suicide, despite the autopsy's conclusion?

3. What is the title of the booklet that enrages the woman at the Baptist Diet meeting and causes her to leave?

4. What is the only color of clothes Plum wears at the time of the novel's beginning?

5. After Eulayla's death, what words were scratched off of her gravestone by her fans?

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