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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. How did Sana sustain her facial scarring?
(a) She suffered from extreme acne as a teenager.
(b) She was born prematurely and contracted an infection.
(c) She was burned in a house fire.
(d) She was stabbed by an intruder.

2. What action had Marlowe taken during her time in Italy that had endangered her contract with NBC?
(a) She had cut off her hair.
(b) She had published an expose of NBC.
(c) She had gotten a tattoo.
(d) She had given an interview to a rival broadcasting station.

3. What activity does Julia tell Plum that she hates to do during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?
(a) Apologizing.
(b) Running.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Writing.

4. Marlowe tells Plum that fat women are not controlled by society and that in fact they are what?
(a) Blacklisted.
(b) Defiant.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Accomplices.

5. What implement does Dr. Ahmad use while he is planning Plum's various surgeries?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A black marker.
(c) A compass.
(d) A laser pointer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which dress does Plum choose when Verena asks her to bring one of Alicia's dresses to her meeting with Marlowe?

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

3. What is distinctive about the room in which hardcore porn videos are projected 24 hours a day within The Calliope House?

4. What favor does Julia ask of Plum during their conversation in Plum's bedroom?

5. Just before Julia drifts off to sleep, she murmurs to Plum that she has always thought that Plum is what adjective?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does the theme of misplaced female envy come into play within the author's depiction of Plum's dream about being skinny?

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

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

6. Describe the arc of Plum's writing career over the course of the novel.

7. Describe "the Jennifer effect" (231) and its implications.

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

9. 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)?

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

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