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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. On what part of Marlowe's body is her tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?
(a) Her right ankle.
(b) Her left bicep.
(c) The back of her neck.
(d) Her left wrist.

2. When Plum emerges from her clothes-shopping trip in her new red dress, she says that for the first time, she does not mind doing what?
(a) Being noticed.
(b) Letting her freak flag fly.
(c) Being herself.
(d) Taking up space.

3. What object does Plum steal from Verena's desk just before she flees from The Calliope House in her new white poplin dress?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) A pen.
(c) A bottle of Dabsitaf.
(d) A book about dieting.

4. What does Plum say she can tell about the sales clerk at the plus-size clothing store?
(a) That she is comfortable with herself.
(b) That she is an ally.
(c) That she is judgmental.
(d) That she has great fashion sense.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action had Marlowe taken during her time in Italy that had endangered her contract with NBC?

2. How did Sana sustain her facial scarring?

3. When Plum gushes to Marlowe about how beautiful she had been on her show, Marlowe tells her that it had taken a what to make her look the way she had?

4. When Plum first sees the white poplin dress that has been remade in her size, she describes it as looking like a what?

5. What is the name of the reporter that Plum describes as being on television all day with Jennifer coverage, "as if she were covering a war" (156)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind Marlowe's tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?

2. How is the theme of passing depicted within Julia's experiences at Austen Media?

3. What is ironic about Kitty's insistence that "all girls are beautiful" (241)?

4. What is the final step of the New Baptist Plan?

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

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

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

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

9. 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)?

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

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