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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Verena explains that the Calliope House used to serve as what type of organization between the 1920s and the 1970s?
(a) A dentistry practice.
(b) A house for unwed mothers.
(c) A wedding reception hall.
(d) An orphanage.

2. In what state does Plum attend college?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Vermont.

3. Where does Plum keep clothes that are much too small for her?
(a) In the closet.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the entryway.
(d) In her car.

4. What request does Julia make of Plum the first time they meet?
(a) She asks Plum to go to dinner with her.
(b) She asks Plum to quit her job with Austen Media.
(c) She asks Plum to spy on Kitty for her.
(d) She asks Plum to give her the email addresses of the teenage girls who have written to Kitty.

5. What type of structure is the Calliope House?
(a) Two townhouses joined together.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) Three duplexes joined together.
(d) One large mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Plum turn down Carmen's invitation to join Carmen and her girlfriend for dinner?

2. Plum says that the bariatric surgery will result in her stomach being the size of what object?

3. 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)?

4. When Verena asks Plum what would happen if she is already living her real life and will never lose weight, what is Plum's reply?

5. How does Plum learn about the Baptist Weight Loss Plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the terrorist organization known as Jennifer claim responsibility for the murders of Michael Simmons and Davis Green?

2. 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?

3. What information does Julia reveal about Leeta during her first meeting with Plum?

4. What question does Julia ask when she writes to Plum under the guise of being a teenage fan of Kitty's and what is the result of her question?

5. How does the author portray Eulayla Baptist's husband Allen as playing a major role in her torturous weight loss plan?

6. What causes Julia to ask Plum if she will hand over the 50,000 plus email addresses of teenage girls who have written to Kitty?

7. What is the identifying feature of Leeta's appearance?

8. What quality of The Calliope House does Verena say had made her choose it as the location for her feminist collective?

9. What significant event happens in the spring of Plum's junior year of high school?

10. What is ironic about Plum's reaction to her encounter with Janine at the Baptist Diet meeting?

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