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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Verena reveal as Plum's first step on the "New Baptist Plan" (110)?
(a) Eating everything she wants for twenty-four hours straight.
(b) Weaning herself off of antidepressants.
(c) Contacting anyone who has made fun of her body to demand an apology.
(d) Getting rid of her too-small clothing.

2. How many fashion magazines are published by Austen Media?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

3. At what location does Plum first notice that a girl is following her?
(a) Her own home.
(b) The library.
(c) The cafe.
(d) The gas station.

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

5. What word is written on the wadded up pieces of paper found within the throats of both Michael Simmons and Davis Green?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Rapists.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?

2. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?

3. Who sends Plum an email while pretending to be a teenage girl in need of help from Kitty?

4. How many years has it been since Plum set foot inside her childhood home on Harper Lane?

5. How does Plum's mother feel about Plum's plan to have bariatric surgery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Plum's mother's feelings regarding Plum's job at Austen Media?

2. What does Plum say has always been her mother's perspective regarding Plum's body?

3. Discuss the significance of Plum's clothing organization choices in the first part of the novel.

4. What quality of The Calliope House does Verena say had made her choose it as the location for her feminist collective?

5. What question does Julia ask when she writes to Plum under the guise of being a teenage fan of Kitty's and what is the result of her question?

6. Describe Plum's job at Austen Media and how she comes to inhabit it.

7. Discuss the difference between Alicia and Plum at the start of the novel.

8. What information does Julia reveal about Leeta during her first meeting with Plum?

9. What does Plum mean when she says that it takes her awhile to "fully inhabit" (83) her New York life again after she finishes speaking to her mother on the phone?

10. What is the author's purpose for including the enormous list of lipstick colors within the narrative?

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