View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luz, the teenage victim of the gang-rape, commit suicide?
(a) She uses a gun.
(b) She jumps in front of a train.
(c) She drowns herself.
(d) She hangs herself.

2. What topic does Plum say that no one at The Calliope House ever discusses, but that Julia must discuss, due to her undercover work?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Calories.
(c) Restrictive undergarments.
(d) Exercise.

3. When Plum remarks that she feels "weird" (143) after going to the waxing salon, to what is she referring?
(a) Her bleached eyebrows.
(b) Her tinted eyelashes.
(c) Her Brazilian wax results.
(d) Her hairless arms.

4. Whose mother is Soledad, the woman who was serving in the military in Afghanistan at the time of her daughter's rape?
(a) Leeta.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Tina.
(d) Luz.

5. What activity does Julia tell Plum that she hates to do during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?
(a) Apologizing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Running.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room is the namesake of The Calliope House carved into the wall?

2. Which dress does Plum choose when Verena asks her to bring one of Alicia's dresses to her meeting with Marlowe?

3. When Sana suggests that Plum get out of the house, where does she suggest Plum go?

4. What is the name of Plum's first blind date?

5. The dermatologist tells Plum that she is no longer allowed to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's purpose for including a call from the bariatric surgery office right after what Plum terms to be "a perfect trip to the mall" (237)?

2. In what way is Plum already familiar with Marlowe before she meets her at Cafe Rose?

3. Describe the arc of Plum's writing career over the course of the novel.

4. How does the theme of misplaced female envy come into play within the author's depiction of Plum's dream about being skinny?

5. When Plum dreams that she has lost a lot of weight by using Dabsitaf, what is the significance of her dream?

6. How is allusion used within the scene when Sana and Plum discuss Plum's fears that her longing for Alicia will return?

7. What is the significance of Plum's response to the little girl on the bus who tells her mother to "look at that big lady" (233)?

8. Who does Plum call when Verena tells Plum to call anyone who will notice she is missing once she moves into The Calliope House? What do her choices reveal about her life prior to connecting with the women of The Calliope House?

9. How does the author employ foreshadowing within the passage when Kitty calls Plum at home and asks her to come to Austen Media?

10. What is the author's purpose for including the reporter Cheryl Crane-Murphy's remark, "As a committed Christian, it pains me to admit that I feel nothing but glee at the death of these pigs" (155)?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,424 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample