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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. Whose mother is Soledad, the woman who was serving in the military in Afghanistan at the time of her daughter's rape?
2. To whom is Marlowe's book Fuckability Theory dedicated?
3. When Plum moves from her posh apartment into a basement apartment, where is the basement apartment located?
4. What is the name of the sitcom starring Marlowe that Plum says she used to watch as a little girl?
5. On what part of Marlowe's body is her tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's purpose for including a call from the bariatric surgery office right after what Plum terms to be "a perfect trip to the mall" (237)?
2. What does Plum see while following Kitty into a coffeehouse that stops Plum in her tracks?
3. What is the author's purpose for including the reporter Cheryl Crane-Murphy's remark, "As a committed Christian, it pains me to admit that I feel nothing but glee at the death of these pigs" (155)?
4. 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?
5. Describe the arc of Plum's writing career over the course of the novel.
6. To what television show is Plum alluding when she enters Victoria Secret and knows that she is "raising eyebrows" (234)?
7. What is the story behind Marlowe's tattoo that reads, "Women don't want to be me, men don't want to fuck me" (133)?
8. How is allusion used within the scene when Sana and Plum discuss Plum's fears that her longing for Alicia will return?
9. What is the final step of the New Baptist Plan?
10. How does the theme of misplaced female envy come into play within the author's depiction of Plum's dream about being skinny?
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
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 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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