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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. At what location does Plum first meet Marlowe?
2. When Plum first sees the white poplin dress that has been remade in her size, she describes it as looking like a what?
3. What brand of undergarments does Julia wear in order to pass for a skinny person in her position at Austen Media?
4. For what reason do Marlowe and Plum get kicked out of the Strippercise class?
5. To whom is Marlowe's book Fuckability Theory dedicated?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the final step of the New Baptist Plan?
3. What is ironic about Kitty's insistence that "all girls are beautiful" (241)?
4. When Plum dreams that she has lost a lot of weight by using Dabsitaf, what is the significance of her dream?
5. What does Plum mean when she says that she will become "a different type of outlaw" (243)?
6. What does Plum see while following Kitty into a coffeehouse that stops Plum in her tracks?
7. How does the theme of misplaced female envy come into play within the author's depiction of Plum's dream about being skinny?
8. Discuss Plum's comments about her ability to be "like the lilac negligee woman" (234) from the lingerie ads or like Leeta.
9. How does the author employ foreshadowing within the passage when Kitty calls Plum at home and asks her to come to Austen Media?
10. 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)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Trace the characterization arc of Plum’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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