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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gay's trauma take place?
(a) In a cabin in the woods.
(b) In an alley.
(c) In her car.
(d) In a department store.

2. Where did Gay enroll in her Creative Writing MA program?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(d) Michigan State University.

3. Which book series did Gay become obsessed with after her trauma?
(a) Nancy Drew.
(b) Sweet Valley High.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Encyclopedia Brown.

4. Who transferred to the same university Gay went to for her PhD?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her partner.
(d) Her best friend.

5. What was the first production Gay ever worked on in high school?
(a) Little Shop of Horrors.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Les Miserables.
(d) Only You.

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

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

8. What term does Gay prefer to use to refer to herself in the aftermath of the trauma she experienced?
(a) Survivor.
(b) Traveler.
(c) Victim.
(d) Warrior.

9. Which article of clothing did Gay most prefer as a young child?
(a) Sweatshirts.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Sweatpants.
(d) Overalls.

10. Who comes to stay with Gay during her follow-up surgery in high school?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her younger brother.
(d) Her mother and her father.

11. Which of these author does Gay say she liked as a child?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Lewis Carroll.
(c) Judy Blume.
(d) J.M. Barrie.

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

13. What is Gay's cultural background?
(a) Haitian.
(b) South African.
(c) Canadian.
(d) Indian.

14. How many siblings does Gay have?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who went with Gay to learn more about gastric bypass surgery?

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

4. What kind of summer camp did Gay attend the summer following her sophomore year of high school?

5. What was Gay's first job after finishing her MA in Creative Writing?

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