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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. What favor does Julia ask of Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?
(a) She asks Plum to move in with her.
(b) She asks Plum to spy on Verena and to report back to her.
(c) She asks Plum to write the expose of Austen Media.
(d) She asks Plum to lend her $20,000.

2. What forgotten item does Plum find within an interior pocket of her backpack while trying to pay at the diner?
(a) Her weight loss tokens.
(b) Leeta's pair of tights.
(c) Verena's check.
(d) Her Baptist card.

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 is the name of Plum's first blind date?
(a) Preston.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Alan.
(d) Joseph.

5. Who will serve as the director of the clinic for at-risk adolescent girls planned by Verena and Sana?
(a) Plum.
(b) Verena.
(c) Julia.
(d) Sana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the foundation next door to The Calliope House that gets frequent bomb threats?

2. Leeta ends up being sought by authorities because she confesses what piece of information to her roommate?

3. When Verena begins to pay a salary to Plum, how much does she make, compared to her salary working as Kitty's ghostwriter?

4. Before her outing with Marlowe, Plum has not worn high heels since what event in her life?

5. As she leaves Dr. Ahmad's office, Plum thinks to herself that she will look like which monster after all of her surgeries?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. Describe "the Jennifer effect" (231) and its implications.

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

5. What does Plum see while following Kitty into a coffeehouse that stops Plum in her tracks?

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

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

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

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

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