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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what magazine had Leeta worked before being hired as Julia's assistant?
2. In what month does the novel begin?
3. How many years has it been since Plum set foot inside her childhood home on Harper Lane?
4. What does Verena reveal as Plum's first step on the "New Baptist Plan" (110)?
5. How long does the Baptist Diet meeting leader tell Plum it will take for her to lose all the weight?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Julia reveal about Leeta during her first meeting with Plum?
2. What are Plum's mother's feelings regarding Plum's job at Austen Media?
3. How does the motif of the italicized word "Burst!" (42) coincide with the theme of self-hatred?
4. What has always been Plum's dream career?
5. What does Plum say has always been her mother's perspective regarding Plum's body?
6. Discuss the significance of Plum's clothing organization choices in the first part of the novel.
7. Discuss the difference between Alicia and Plum at the start of the novel.
8. The night before the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green, Dr. Ormond Brown receives an email. What does the email contain and what is the author's implication about who has sent it?
9. How does Janine's outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting foreshadow Plum's own coming changes?
10. What is the significance of Leeta's name?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's use of humor alongside humanist messages within the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Plum's feelings about finally letting go of Alicia and all that she represents. What message is the author sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Verena's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Verena and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays her in these particular ways.
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