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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. In which year of college does Plum have a nervous breakdown caused by heartbreak over a boy?
(a) Junior year.
(b) Senior year.
(c) Freshman year.
(d) Sophomore year.

2. What is the name of the enormous room in which Plum discovers Julia?
(a) The Beauty Closet.
(b) The Relaxation Haven.
(c) The Archives Room.
(d) The Publishing Arena.

3. 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 quit her job with Austen Media.
(c) She asks Plum to spy on Kitty for her.
(d) She asks Plum to go to dinner with her.

4. What excuse does Erica use to get Plum to come to the Austen Media offices?
(a) Plum is getting a raise.
(b) Kitty wants to meet with Plum about teen suicide prevention.
(c) Plum needs to sign an insurance form.
(d) Plum needs to fill out her new W-4 form.

5. Whose twin brother and nephew are kidnapped by the terrorist organization known as Jennifer?
(a) The CEO of the Mirror.
(b) The CEO of The London Times.
(c) The CEO of The Daily Sun.
(d) The CEO of The Daily Herald.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?

3. How does Plum describe the hair of the girl who has been following her?

4. Verena tells Plum that "the weight-loss industry is the most" what type of "failed industry in history" (98)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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