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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts V and VI (Chapters 63 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Gay's eating habits when she visits her family?
(a) She feels much hungrier.
(b) She feels nauseous.
(c) She binges and purges.
(d) She only eats fast food.

2. How old is Gay at the time she writes Hunger?
(a) In her forties.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her fifties.
(d) In her twenties.

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

4. What were Gay's favorite books as a child?
(a) The Anne of Green Gables books.
(b) The Little House on the Prairie books.
(c) The Chronicles of Narnia books.
(d) The Babysitter's Club books.

5. Which part of Gay's body is stronger as a result of her difficulty with standard-size seating?
(a) Her back.
(b) Her core.
(c) Her arms.
(d) Her thighs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Gay's Michigan town, she says her race was treated as more of a curiosity than which of the following?

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

4. How does Gay says she feels about the process of writing Hunger?

5. What does "BMI" refer to?

(see the answer key)

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