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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. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?
(a) She is uncomfortable with the couple's public displays of affection.
(b) She thinks Carmen does not really want her to come.
(c) She feels sick from her antidepressant withdrawals.
(d) She does not like to eat at restaurants when dieting.

2. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. Verena tells Plum that if Plum has bariatric surgery, then she will no longer be the spitting image of which one of her family members?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

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

5. What is NOT an item listed as dangerous to dieters within the Baptist Plan pamphlets Plum is given?
(a) Fairs.
(b) Carnivals.
(c) Laxatives.
(d) The death of a loved on.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what magazine had Leeta worked before being hired as Julia's assistant?

2. What does Julia have tattooed all over her chest?

3. With what two words do the pleas Plum receives from teenage girls always begin?

4. In what month is Plum's bariatric surgery scheduled?

5. In what location does Plum have the nervous breakdown that causes her to consider committing suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What allusion is being made within the line, "On top of a cabinet, a large orchid was trapped under a bell jar" (85) and what is the author's purpose for using it?

3. How does the terrorist organization known as Jennifer claim responsibility for the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?

4. What act does Dr. Ormond Brown believe has precipitated the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?

5. The night before the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green, Dr. Ormond Brown receives an email. What does the email contain and what is the author's implication about who has sent it?

6. What is the identifying feature of Leeta's appearance?

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

8. What is ironic about Plum's reaction to her encounter with Janine at the Baptist Diet meeting?

9. What causes Julia to ask Plum if she will hand over the 50,000 plus email addresses of teenage girls who have written to Kitty?

10. What has always been Plum's dream career?

(see the answer keys)

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