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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 much money does Plum say is rumored to be within Verena's inherited fortune?
(a) $2,000,000.
(b) $200,000,000.
(c) $20,000,000.
(d) $60,000,000.

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 fetus.
(b) Like an abnormal brain.
(c) Like an animal.
(d) Like a rotten tooth.

3. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?
(a) Her best friend tells her about it.
(b) She sees commercials about it on television.
(c) She reads a book about it.
(d) Her brother tells her about it.

4. How old is Verena?
(a) In her early 30s.
(b) In her late 40s.
(c) In her late 30s.
(d) In her early 50s.

5. In what month is Plum's bariatric surgery scheduled?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) February.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location does Plum first notice that a girl is following her?

2. How does Plum reply when Verena asks her what Alicia will be able to do as a skinny person, that Plum cannot?

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

4. How many pounds is Plum told she needs to lose when she attends the Baptist Diet meeting?

5. What type of surgery do Julia and her sisters undergo as they each reach their 21st birthdays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is the significance of the news story about Jayson Fox, the young rap star from Los Angeles?

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

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

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

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

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

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