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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. Where did Gay initially want to attend college?
(a) Yale University.
(b) University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Brown University.
(d) New York University.

2. What did Gay's father do for a living?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a civil engineer.
(c) He was a musician.
(d) He was a carpenter.

3. Gay says her lost years began with a specific thing. What was it?
(a) The Internet.
(b) Financial crisis.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Prostitution.

4. What is the one university Gay applied to where she did not gain acceptance?
(a) Yale University.
(b) New York University.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Brown University.

5. What career did Gay initially consider at the beginning of her first year of college?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Music.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boarding school Gay attended?

2. Why did Gay eventually come home to her parents after her lost years?

3. What book series was Gay enamored with during her boarding school years?

4. What did Gay's mother wear when she cooked?

5. What did Gay buy for herself on her twenty-first birthday?

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