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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Plum say she can tell about the sales clerk at the plus-size clothing store?
(a) That she is an ally.
(b) That she is judgmental.
(c) That she is comfortable with herself.
(d) That she has great fashion sense.

2. What implement does Dr. Ahmad use while he is planning Plum's various surgeries?
(a) A compass.
(b) A black marker.
(c) A laser pointer.
(d) A pencil.

3. Who calls Marlowe to ask if she had masterminded the acts claimed by Jennifer?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her ex-wife.
(d) A journalist.

4. What topic of conversation does Plum say is discussed at The Calliope House each day during the time she lives there?
(a) Food.
(b) Sizeism.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Jennifer.

5. Just before Julia drifts off to sleep, she murmurs to Plum that she has always thought that Plum is what adjective?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Smart.
(c) Lovable.
(d) Kind.

6. 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) She is too nervous about her facial peel.
(b) She is too excited for her fine-line-reducing facial.
(c) Her new Thinz undergarments are squeezing her too tightly.
(d) There are no seats available after she lets Marlowe take the last stool.

7. When Plum moves from her posh apartment into a basement apartment, where is the basement apartment located?
(a) In The Calliope House.
(b) In Bakersfield, California.
(c) In the Meatpacking District.
(d) In the West Village.

8. When Plum asks Julia why she had asked Plum for the 52,000 email addresses of Kitty's readers, what is Julia's reply?
(a) She says that she had wanted to turn over the addresses to Jennifer for recruiting purposes.
(b) She says that she had wanted to send the teen girls copies of Riot Grrl Magazine.
(c) She says that she had wanted to respond to all of the messages that Plum had deleted.
(d) She says that she had wanted to test Plum to see if she could be trusted.

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

10. In what room is the namesake of The Calliope House carved into the wall?
(a) In Plum's bedroom.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the foyer.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

12. For how long does misogynist music play each morning at 7:30 am at The Calliope House?
(a) Thirty seconds.
(b) One minute.
(c) Three minutes.
(d) Two minutes.

13. What favor does Julia ask of Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?
(a) She asks Plum to spy on Verena and to report back to her.
(b) She asks Plum to move in with her.
(c) She asks Plum to write the expose of Austen Media.
(d) She asks Plum to lend her $20,000.

14. Marlowe tells Plum that she should have learned from Kitty by now that "being a woman means being a" (144) what?
(a) Martyr.
(b) Savior.
(c) Clown.
(d) A faker.

15. 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 murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green.
(c) The bombing of a strip club in New Jersey.
(d) The kidnapping of Wilson and Martinez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one place NOT mentioned in published rumors about Leeta's whereabouts?

2. When Plum gushes to Marlowe about how beautiful she had been on her show, Marlowe tells her that it had taken a what to make her look the way she had?

3. 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)?

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

5. What connection does Plum say she shares with Julia and with none of the other women associated with The Calliope House?

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