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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. What types of meetings does Plum attend in the basement of a church?
2. The simile that the author uses to describe how Plum feels when she is around women with "grown-up lives" (7) is "like a" what "floating in a jar of formaldehyde" (7)?
3. Verena tells Plum that "the weight-loss industry is the most" what type of "failed industry in history" (98)?
4. After what number week of her Baptist Diet does Plum lose every ounce of energy?
5. What is the only color of clothes Plum wears at the time of the novel's beginning?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author portray Eulayla Baptist's husband Allen as playing a major role in her torturous weight loss plan?
2. Discuss the difference between Alicia and Plum at the start of the novel.
3. What does Plum mean when she says that it takes her awhile to "fully inhabit" (83) her New York life again after she finishes speaking to her mother on the phone?
4. What has always been Plum's dream career?
5. What is the identifying feature of Leeta's appearance?
6. How does Janine's outburst at the Baptist Diet meeting foreshadow Plum's own coming changes?
7. 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?
8. What is ironic about Plum's reaction to her encounter with Janine at the Baptist Diet meeting?
9. What significant event happens in the spring of Plum's junior year of high school?
10. How does the terrorist organization known as Jennifer claim responsibility for the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the novel's message concerning the link between mental and physical health?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the many instances of irony within the novel's narrative and analyze the author's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of indoctrination within the novel, particularly in relation to the novel's protagonist. What is the author's message regarding societal indoctrination and how do you know?
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