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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 did Gay tell her mother she would decorate her apartment with when she grew up?
(a) Strings of lights.
(b) Apples.
(c) Houseplants.
(d) Glass bowls of M and Ms.

2. What was the first production Gay ever worked on in high school?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Only You.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Little Shop of Horrors.

3. What city did Gay travel to with the man in his forties right after they left San Francisco?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) New York.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Omaha.

4. What is Gay's cultural background?
(a) Haitian.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Indian.
(d) South African.

5. How old was Gay when she began her PhD program?
(a) 40 years old.
(b) 35 years old.
(c) 30 years old.
(d) 27 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of Gay's influential English teachers?

2. What activity helped Gay forget her pain during her boarding school years?

3. What was the relationship between Gay and the boy responsible for her trauma?

4. What would Gay's mother add to the water when she was washing meat or vegetables?

5. What career did Gay initially consider at the beginning of her first year of college?

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