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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 activity helped Gay forget her pain during her boarding school years?
(a) Playing in the orchestra.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Working in the theater department.
(d) Volunteering at the senior center.

2. What book series was Gay enamored with during her boarding school years?
(a) The Wind in the Willows.
(b) The Girls of Canby Hall.
(c) The Spymaster Series.
(d) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

3. Where did Gay eventually receive her B.A. degree from?
(a) Vermont College.
(b) University of Scranton.
(c) New York University.
(d) Yale University.

4. Why did Gay eventually come home to her parents after her lost years?
(a) She had a nervous breakdown.
(b) She got evicted from her apartment and was broke.
(c) She got arrested.
(d) She was addicted to drugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gay's cultural background?

2. What does "BMI" refer to?

3. What did Gay tell her mother she would decorate her apartment with when she grew up?

4. What city did Gay travel to with the man in his forties right after they left San Francisco?

5. What name does Gay give to her imaginary boyfriend?

(see the answer key)

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