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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 NOT one piece of advice Plum gives LuAnne when she writes to Plum to tell her that her stepbrother is sneaking into her room at night?
(a) Pile up furniture in front of the door.
(b) Tell a trusted adult what is happening.
(c) Take videos of his visits.
(d) Lock your door.

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

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

4. What is stored in the room in which Plum discovers Julia?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Ink.
(c) Yoga mats and meditation pillows.
(d) Files.

5. What does Verena offer to give to Plum if Plum follows what Verena calls "the New Baptist Plan" (92)?
(a) A trip to Maui.
(b) A new wardrobe.
(c) $20,000.
(d) A job at the Calliope House.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Plum say is rumored to be within Verena's inherited fortune?

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

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

4. Who puts the names and photos of Michael Simmons and Davis Green online?

5. What is the name of the enormous room in which Plum discovers Julia?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

9. How does the author portray Eulayla Baptist's husband Allen as playing a major role in her torturous weight loss plan?

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

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