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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. The dermatologist tells Plum that she is no longer allowed to take what action?
(a) Washing her face with soap.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Eating saturated fats.
(d) Going out in the sun.

2. For how long does misogynist music play each morning at 7:30 am at The Calliope House?
(a) Thirty seconds.
(b) Three minutes.
(c) Two minutes.
(d) One minute.

3. Who delivers the insult that Marlowe ends up incorporating into her tattoo?
(a) A reporter.
(b) An NBC executive.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. When Plum moves from her posh apartment into a basement apartment, where is the basement apartment located?
(a) In the Meatpacking District.
(b) In Bakersfield, California.
(c) In the West Village.
(d) In The Calliope House.

5. What is the name of the sitcom starring Marlowe that Plum says she used to watch as a little girl?
(a) Martha.
(b) Brownie.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Ellie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose mother is Soledad, the woman who was serving in the military in Afghanistan at the time of her daughter's rape?

2. What item does Plum put on before running outside during the bomb threat at The Calliope House that causes the other women to tease her?

3. What is one place NOT mentioned in published rumors about Leeta's whereabouts?

4. What unexpected item does Marlowe bring to her meeting with Plum?

5. What part of Plum's body does the esthetician NOT wax when Marlowe takes Plum to the waxing salon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Plum's ultrasound image?

3. 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?

4. To what television show is Plum alluding when she enters Victoria Secret and knows that she is "raising eyebrows" (234)?

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

6. Discuss Plum's comments about her ability to be "like the lilac negligee woman" (234) from the lingerie ads or like Leeta.

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

8. What action of Leeta's does Plum point to as proof that she should be loyal to Leeta, no matter what she has done?

9. What does Plum mean when she says that she will become "a different type of outlaw" (243)?

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

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