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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. After Eulayla's death, what words were scratched off of her gravestone by her fans?
2. In what month is Plum's bariatric surgery scheduled?
3. What request does Julia make of Plum the first time they meet?
4. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?
5. In what year was the Austen Corporation created?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is ironic about Plum's reaction to her encounter with Janine at the Baptist Diet meeting?
3. What allusion is being made within the line, "On top of a cabinet, a large orchid was trapped under a bell jar" (85) and what is the author's purpose for using it?
4. How does the motif of the italicized word "Burst!" (42) coincide with the theme of self-hatred?
5. What is the identifying feature of Leeta's appearance?
6. What are Plum's mother's feelings regarding Plum's job at Austen Media?
7. How does the terrorist organization known as Jennifer claim responsibility for the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?
8. Describe Plum's job at Austen Media and how she comes to inhabit it.
9. What information does Julia reveal about Leeta during her first meeting with Plum?
10. What is the author's purpose for including the enormous list of lipstick colors within the narrative?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe Plum's responses to the teenage girls who write questions to Kitty. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of Plum's role as a ghostwriter for Kitty?
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of Plum's transformation in the reader's mind. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
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