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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. When Erica whispers to Plum, where does she tell her to go?
(a) Rooftop Level Two.
(b) Basement Three.
(c) Basement Two.
(d) Floor Sixteen.

2. What word is written on the wadded up pieces of paper found within the throats of both Michael Simmons and Davis Green?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Rapists.
(d) Murderers.

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

4. 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) $20,000.
(c) A new wardrobe.
(d) A job at the Calliope House.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Plum's mother feel about Plum's plan to have bariatric surgery?

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

3. What is lying across Plum's bed that embarrasses Plum the first time Verena visits Plum's apartment?

4. What is NOT one piece of evidence Dr. Brown cites as proof that his daughter Shonda's death had not been the result of suicide, despite the autopsy's conclusion?

5. At what time of day does Plum say she usually "slips into despair" (12) each day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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