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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. How many teenage girls' email addresses does Plum have as a result of her position at Austen Media?
(a) 52,407.
(b) 36,897.
(c) 25,997.
(d) 12,438.

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

3. What is the title of the booklet that enrages the woman at the Baptist Diet meeting and causes her to leave?
(a) Nobody Wants to Be Fat.
(b) Five Reasons I Hate My Life.
(c) When I'm Thin.
(d) Why I Need to Change.

4. How many pounds is Plum told she needs to lose when she attends the Baptist Diet meeting?
(a) 104.
(b) 83.
(c) 66.
(d) 40.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Julia make of Plum the first time they meet?

2. After Eulayla's death, what words were scratched off of her gravestone by her fans?

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

4. What role does Verena explicitly say she does not inhabit?

5. How old is Verena?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. How does Janine's outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting foreshadow Plum's own coming changes?

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

10. 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?

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