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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. When Plum asks Julia why she had asked Plum for the 52,000 email addresses of Kitty's readers, what is Julia's reply?

2. When Plum moves from her posh apartment into a basement apartment, where is the basement apartment located?

3. When the man on the subway platform refers to Plum as a "that" (148), what is the man wearing?

4. In what town had Marlowe been browsing in an open-air market when she was discovered by paparazzi?

5. What forgotten item does Plum find within an interior pocket of her backpack while trying to pay at the diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal advice does Julia offer to Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom and how does Plum react?

2. What is ironic about Kitty's insistence that "all girls are beautiful" (241)?

3. When Plum dreams that she has lost a lot of weight by using Dabsitaf, what is the significance of her dream?

4. How is allusion used within the scene when Sana and Plum discuss Plum's fears that her longing for Alicia will return?

5. What action of Leeta's does Plum point to as proof that she should be loyal to Leeta, no matter what she has done?

6. To what television show is Plum alluding when she enters Victoria Secret and knows that she is "raising eyebrows" (234)?

7. What does Marlowe mean when she says that the day her show was canceled was the best day of her life?

8. What does Plum mean when she says, "After years of not fighting back, I was coiled like a snake" (233)?

9. What is the significance of Plum's ultrasound image?

10. How does the author employ foreshadowing within the passage when Kitty calls Plum at home and asks her to come to Austen Media?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the novel and the author's choice of narrator to relay the narrative. How does the author employ each and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across a main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Dietland using the first-person point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is the author's intended effect on the reader?

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