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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. Which of Plum's post-weight-loss-surgery scars does Dr. Ahmad say will be the longest?
(a) Her thigh tuck scars.
(b) Her breast lift scars.
(c) Her brachioplasty scars.
(d) Her tummy tuck scar.

2. How does the man who insults Plum respond to her retort?
(a) He throws coffee on her.
(b) He trips her.
(c) He punches her in the face.
(d) He kicks her in the shin.

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

4. Leeta ends up being sought by authorities because she confesses what piece of information to her roommate?
(a) She is Jennifer.
(b) She knows the identity of Jennifer.
(c) She helped murder Michael Simmons and Davis Green.
(d) She wants to assassinate the president.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Plum say is a "reminder that the Jennifer phenomenon" (211) is not a joke?

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

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

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

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

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

5. What does Marlowe mean when she says that the day her show was canceled was the best day of her life?

6. 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?

7. 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)?

8. What does Plum mean when she says, "After years of not fighting back, I was coiled like a snake" (233)?

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

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)?

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