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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 is Plum's last name?
(a) Kiefer.
(b) Kettle.
(c) Kingsolver.
(d) Kaywright.

2. The simile that the author uses to describe how Plum feels when she is around women with "grown-up lives" (7) is "like a" what "floating in a jar of formaldehyde" (7)?
(a) Like a rotten tooth.
(b) Like an abnormal brain.
(c) Like an animal.
(d) Like a fetus.

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

4. What type of structure is the Calliope House?
(a) Three duplexes joined together.
(b) Two townhouses joined together.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) One large mansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Plum says that after bariatric surgery, "in one year, it would be possible to lose more than" (7) how many pounds?

2. What does Verena reveal as Plum's first step on the "New Baptist Plan" (110)?

3. When Erica whispers to Plum, where does she tell her to go?

4. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?

5. What is stored in the room in which Plum discovers Julia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. How does the motif of the italicized word "Burst!" (42) coincide with the theme of self-hatred?

8. 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?

9. What significant event happens in the spring of Plum's junior year of high school?

10. What is the significance of Leeta's name?

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