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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 10 - 29).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Gay's mother add to the water when she was washing meat or vegetables?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Food dye.
(c) Clorox.
(d) Soap.

2. What was the name of the boarding school Gay attended?
(a) Blair.
(b) Phillips Exeter Academy.
(c) Taft.
(d) Holy Cross.

3. Who transferred to the same university Gay went to for her PhD?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her partner.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her brother.

4. At her heaviest, which medical category did Gay fit into?
(a) Super morbidly obese.
(b) Obese.
(c) Overweight.
(d) Super obese.

5. Where did Gay end up enrolling in college immediately following high school?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gay initially want to attend college?

2. What type of professional did Gay interview for her Reporter-at-Large project in high school?

3. What religion was Gay's family?

4. What did Gay's English teacher encourage her to do?

5. What did Gay tell her mother she would decorate her apartment with when she grew up?

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