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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. In Gay's Michigan town, she says her race was treated as more of a curiosity than which of the following?
(a) An advantage.
(b) A drawback.
(c) A threat.
(d) A suspicion.

2. Where was Gay born?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Port-au-Prince.

3. What does Gay often do when a nurse asks her to step on a scale?
(a) Walk out of the room.
(b) Tell the nurse she knows her weight already.
(c) Yell at the nurse.
(d) Cry.

4. What is the name of one of Gay's previous books?
(a) Bad Feminist.
(b) The Wrong Way Home.
(c) My Extreme Makeover.
(d) My Overweight Life.

5. Which magazine printed a view that referenced Gay's rape?
(a) People.
(b) Vanity Fair.
(c) Time.
(d) Harper's Bazaar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Gay travel to in order to meet the man in his forties?

2. Who comes to stay with Gay during her follow-up surgery in high school?

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

4. Which story collection was Gay's piece North Country included in?

5. Which reality TV weight loss show does Khloe Kardashian host?

(see the answer key)

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