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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plum states that after being underground, she now finds what object to be "wholesome and pure" (207)?
(a) An apple.
(b) A pear.
(c) A grape.
(d) A plum.

2. What is the name of the foundation next door to The Calliope House that gets frequent bomb threats?
(a) The Bessie Cantor Foundation for the Fight Against Islamophobia.
(b) The Bessie Cantor Foundation for Peace and Understanding.
(c) The Bessie Cantor Foundation for Women and Girls.
(d) The Bessie Cantor Foundation for Education and Philanthropy.

3. To what aspect of Marlowe's story about Italy does Plum most strongly relate?
(a) The wide availability of pasta in one neighborhood.
(b) The exhilaration of invisibility.
(c) The reliance on body language for communication.
(d) The thrill of travel.

4. Chronologically, what event is found to be the first in the series of Jennifer-related events?
(a) The kidnapping of The Dirty Dozen.
(b) The bombing of a strip club in New Jersey.
(c) The murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green.
(d) The kidnapping of Wilson and Martinez.

5. What brand of undergarments does Julia wear in order to pass for a skinny person in her position at Austen Media?
(a) Spanx.
(b) Skinz.
(c) Thinz.
(d) Xcite.

6. How does Luz, the teenage victim of the gang-rape, commit suicide?
(a) She uses a gun.
(b) She jumps in front of a train.
(c) She drowns herself.
(d) She hangs herself.

7. On what part of Marlowe's body is her tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?
(a) Her left bicep.
(b) The back of her neck.
(c) Her left wrist.
(d) Her right ankle.

8. At what location does Plum first meet Marlowe?
(a) Plum's apartment.
(b) The Calliope House.
(c) Carmen's cafe.
(d) Cafe Rose.

9. For what reason do Marlowe and Plum get kicked out of the Strippercise class?
(a) They are laughing too loudly.
(b) Plum whistles at the male janitor who walks by.
(c) Marlowe makes unpopular comments.
(d) They refuse to participate.

10. Marlowe tells Plum that fat women are not controlled by society and that in fact they are what?
(a) Defiant.
(b) Blacklisted.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Accomplices.

11. What is distinctive about the room in which hardcore porn videos are projected 24 hours a day within The Calliope House?
(a) It is enormous.
(b) It is lit with only red lighting.
(c) It is circular.
(d) It is painted black.

12. What forgotten item does Plum find within an interior pocket of her backpack while trying to pay at the diner?
(a) Leeta's pair of tights.
(b) Her Baptist card.
(c) Verena's check.
(d) Her weight loss tokens.

13. What unexpected item does Marlowe bring to her meeting with Plum?
(a) A letter from Jennifer.
(b) A summons.
(c) A harp.
(d) A baby.

14. Before they go to the dermatologist, Marlowe and Plum go to a coffeehouse, but Plum cannot sit down to drink her iced coffee. Why can she not sit down?
(a) There are no seats available after she lets Marlowe take the last stool.
(b) Her new Thinz undergarments are squeezing her too tightly.
(c) She is too nervous about her facial peel.
(d) She is too excited for her fine-line-reducing facial.

15. Leeta ends up being sought by authorities because she confesses what piece of information to her roommate?
(a) She is Jennifer.
(b) She wants to assassinate the president.
(c) She helped murder Michael Simmons and Davis Green.
(d) She knows the identity of Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the reporter that Plum describes as being on television all day with Jennifer coverage, "as if she were covering a war" (156)?

2. What is the name of Marlowe's son?

3. When Plum emerges from her clothes-shopping trip in her new red dress, she says that for the first time, she does not mind doing what?

4. What quality is present within all of the clothes Plum chooses when she goes shopping?

5. How does the man who insults Plum respond to her retort?

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