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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. With what two words do the pleas Plum receives from teenage girls always begin?
(a) Dear Plum.
(b) Dear Kitty.
(c) Dear Alicia.
(d) Dear Abby.

2. What is lying across Plum's bed that embarrasses Plum the first time Verena visits Plum's apartment?
(a) A new red dress much too small for Plum.
(b) A pile of candy bar wrappers.
(c) A new black skirt much too small for Plum.
(d) A new yellow sweater much too small for Plum.

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

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

5. The entryway of the Calliope House is covered with what color of wallpaper?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?

2. How many fashion magazines are published by Austen Media?

3. In what year was the Austen Corporation created?

4. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Janine's outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting foreshadow Plum's own coming changes?

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

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

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