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Quiz about Fat A Love Story by Barbara Wersba

'Fat: A Love Story' by Barbara Wersba Quiz

This is the first book of a wonderful trilogy about a teenage girl who falls in love with a man twice her age. Look out for my quizzes on the other two books.

A multiple-choice quiz by tracycn. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tracycn

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
172,602

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
123

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the girl who the book is about? Hint

Rita Formica

Rosie Formica

Rachel Formica

Rebecca Formica

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where in New York is this book set? Hint

East Hampton

Sag Harbor

Brooklyn

Southhampton

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Question 3 of 10

3. The main character has a friend called Nicole, who is German.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the business that Arnold Bromberg ran at the start of this book? Hint

The Pampered Plant

Hampton Rent-a-Goat

The Electric Minstrel

Arnold's Cheesecake

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the goat that was owned by Arnold? Hint

Dolly

Deirdre

Dilly

Daisy

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Question 6 of 10

6. Our main character joined a gym under an assumed name. What was it? Hint

Skylar Cunningham

Skye Chalmers

Shannon Carrington

Star Colbeck

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the diet counsellor who worked at the gym? Hint

Mary Cherry

Millie Blackberry

Margaret Plum

Marsha Strawberry

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whom was Arnold writing a book about? Hint

Beethoven

Mozart

Brahms

Bach

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Question 9 of 10

9. Nicole starts to date Robert Swann, in an attempt to be able to bring him closer to her friend. Unfortunately, they fall in love and marry.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Our young, unlikely heroine realises before the end of the book that she loves Arnold Bromberg. Unfortunately, Arnold tells her that he does not feel the same way about her.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the girl who the book is about?

Answer: Rita Formica

In the first book, Rita Formica is an overweight, insecure sixteen-year-old bicycle messenger. In her words 'I had always been fat - a fat baby, a fat child, and now a fat teenager. Fat was my fate, so to speak, and like one of those heroes in a Greek play, I couldn't seem to change it.'

2. Where in New York is this book set?

Answer: Sag Harbor

Rita lived with her parents in Sag Harbor, which is where the author also lived at the time of writing this book. Sag Harbor is part of the Hamptons on Long Island, New York.

3. The main character has a friend called Nicole, who is German.

Answer: False

'My friend Nicole, who is French, used to say that you can never be too rich or too thin - which is a statement she borrowed from a woman called the Duchess of Windsor.'

4. What was the name of the business that Arnold Bromberg ran at the start of this book?

Answer: Arnold's Cheesecake

"Arnold's Cheescake" was the last in a long line of failed business ventures. His first business was 'The Pampered Plant', followed by 'The Electric Minstrel' and finally Arnold purchased a flock of goats 'thinking that he could rent them out and save people the trouble of mowing their lawns.'

5. What was the name of the goat that was owned by Arnold?

Answer: Daisy

Daisy the goat was being boarded at a farm in Wainscott, as Arnold did not have anywhere to keep her. Arnold took Rita to visit Daisy, on one of the Sundays when he went to visit.

6. Our main character joined a gym under an assumed name. What was it?

Answer: Skylar Cunningham

When Rita enrolled at the gym, she decided to create a new identity for herself. She told the receptionist that she was Skylar Cunningham from Southampton. 'Skylar Cunningham, I said silently, Skylar Cunningham. It was the beginning of the New Me.'

7. What was the name of the diet counsellor who worked at the gym?

Answer: Marsha Strawberry

Ms Strawberry told Rita that she wasn't hungry for food and Rita's only thought was 'Sorry lady, I said in the privacy of my mind, but it is food. I am hungry, hungry, hungry for food. Strawberries in particular. And your last name isn't helping me.'

8. Whom was Arnold writing a book about?

Answer: Bach

'I can't really tell you what the book is about,' he said. 'Oh, I suppose I could say that it was about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, and what he did to augment organ music.'

9. Nicole starts to date Robert Swann, in an attempt to be able to bring him closer to her friend. Unfortunately, they fall in love and marry.

Answer: True

Nicole requested a meeting with Rita, at the club in the room of the stationary bicycles. This was to tell her that she and Robert were getting married. 'I saw the ring at once, of course - the diamond ring on her engagement finger - but I pretended that I didn't.'

10. Our young, unlikely heroine realises before the end of the book that she loves Arnold Bromberg. Unfortunately, Arnold tells her that he does not feel the same way about her.

Answer: False

When Rita told Arnold that she loved him, he asked her in what way did she love him, perhaps as a father figure, or a friend, to which she replied 'No, I love you as a man.' Arnold told her that he found this astonishing 'Because I love you too,' he said. 'Passionately and deeply.'

Source: Author tracycn

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