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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. Gay often finds herself doing what in relationships?
(a) Apologizing.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Suggesting therapy.
(d) Walking out.

2. Which holiday does Gay routinely spend with her extended family in Florida?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

3. What does Gay tell her writing students that fiction is mostly about?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Desire.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Storyline.

4. Which speaking event did Gay suffer a humiliation at?
(a) Simon and Schuster's annual gala.
(b) The Pen/Faulkner Awards.
(c) Harper Perennial's fiftieth anniversary.
(d) The Red Cross Ball.

5. Gay repeatedly says that her body is treated like what?
(a) A public space.
(b) A sport.
(c) A temple.
(d) A conversation starter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Gay at the time she writes Hunger?

3. What is the name of one of Gay's fictional protagonists?

4. What food service did Gay join in 2014?

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

(see the answer key)

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