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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sana sustain her facial scarring?
(a) She suffered from extreme acne as a teenager.
(b) She was burned in a house fire.
(c) She was stabbed by an intruder.
(d) She was born prematurely and contracted an infection.

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

3. What action had Marlowe taken during her time in Italy that had endangered her contract with NBC?
(a) She had gotten a tattoo.
(b) She had cut off her hair.
(c) She had given an interview to a rival broadcasting station.
(d) She had published an expose of NBC.

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

5. When Plum first sees the white poplin dress that has been remade in her size, she describes it as looking like a what?
(a) A cartoon.
(b) A vision.
(c) A balloon.
(d) A tent.

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

7. Which of Plum's post-weight-loss-surgery scars does Dr. Ahmad say will be the longest?
(a) Her tummy tuck scar.
(b) Her brachioplasty scars.
(c) Her breast lift scars.
(d) Her thigh tuck scars.

8. What topic does Plum say that no one at The Calliope House ever discusses, but that Julia must discuss, due to her undercover work?
(a) Restrictive undergarments.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Calories.
(d) Makeup.

9. What room of the house becomes the central gathering place once Plum moves into The Calliope House?
(a) Her basement apartment.
(b) The back patio.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The parlor.

10. Whom does Plum mentally force from the dressing room as she chooses a new wardrobe?
(a) The phantom woman that she compares herself to.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Eulayla.
(d) Her mother.

11. 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 has great fashion sense.
(c) That she is comfortable with herself.
(d) That she is judgmental.

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

13. 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?
(a) Being noticed.
(b) Taking up space.
(c) Being herself.
(d) Letting her freak flag fly.

14. What connection does Plum say she shares with Julia and with none of the other women associated with The Calliope House?
(a) They both know and appreciate Sana.
(b) They both know and appreciate Dr. Ahmad.
(c) They both know and appreciate Marlowe.
(d) They both know and appreciate Leeta.

15. Where does Plum immediately go when the women are allowed back into The Calliope House at dawn the morning after the bomb threat?
(a) The backyard.
(b) The shower.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marlowe tells Plum that fat women are not controlled by society and that in fact they are what?

2. Who calls Marlowe to ask if she had masterminded the acts claimed by Jennifer?

3. When Verena begins to pay a salary to Plum, how much does she make, compared to her salary working as Kitty's ghostwriter?

4. With whom had Soledad worked at a women's clinic in her role as a rape crisis counselor?

5. Who will serve as the director of the clinic for at-risk adolescent girls planned by Verena and Sana?

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