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

2. In what town had Marlowe been browsing in an open-air market when she was discovered by paparazzi?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) San Gimignano.
(c) Rome.
(d) Umbria.

3. Marlowe tells Plum that she should have learned from Kitty by now that "being a woman means being a" (144) what?
(a) Clown.
(b) Savior.
(c) Martyr.
(d) A faker.

4. When Plum first sees the white poplin dress that has been remade in her size, she describes it as looking like a what?
(a) A cartoon.
(b) A balloon.
(c) A vision.
(d) A tent.

5. With whom had Soledad worked at a women's clinic in her role as a rape crisis counselor?
(a) Julia.
(b) Luz.
(c) Leeta.
(d) Plum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What implement does Dr. Ahmad use while he is planning Plum's various surgeries?

2. For how long does misogynist music play each morning at 7:30 am at The Calliope House?

3. When Plum reads Leeta's investigative journal entries, she sees that Leeta had always referred to Plum by what name?

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

5. What forgotten item does Plum find within an interior pocket of her backpack while trying to pay at the diner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What personal advice does Julia offer to Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom and how does Plum react?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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