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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Gay hold in Phoenix where she worked the graveyard shift?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Phone sex operator.
(c) Meat packer.
(d) Baker.

2. 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.

3. What did Gay buy for herself on her twenty-first birthday?
(a) Heroin.
(b) A new pet.
(c) A car.
(d) A six-pack of Corona.

4. Where did Gay move immediately after staying with her parents for awhile in Omaha?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Lincoln, Nebraska.
(d) New York City.

5. At her heaviest, which medical category did Gay fit into?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Super morbidly obese.
(c) Obese.
(d) Super obese.

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

7. What does "BMI" refer to?
(a) Body Median Index.
(b) Body Mass Index.
(c) Body Mass Indicator.
(d) Body Measurement Indicator.

8. What city did Gay travel to with the man in his forties right after they left San Francisco?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Omaha.
(c) New York.
(d) Phoenix.

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

10. What was Gay's first job after finishing her MA in Creative Writing?
(a) She was an advertising executive.
(b) She was a photographer.
(c) She was a writer at the college of engineering.
(d) She was a waitress.

11. Who comes to stay with Gay after her first surgery in high school?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her brothers.

12. Who was one of Gay's influential English teachers?
(a) Ms. Victoria Ford.
(b) Ms. Cristina O'Connor.
(c) Mr. Matthew Smith.
(d) Mr. Rex McGuinn.

13. How much did author Roxane Gay weigh at her heaviest?
(a) 250 pounds.
(b) 577 pounds.
(c) 675 pounds.
(d) 350 pounds.

14. How old was Gay when she started boarding school?
(a) 13 years old
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

15. What kind of summer camp did Gay attend the summer following her sophomore year of high school?
(a) A music camp.
(b) A theater camp.
(c) A sports camp.
(d) A weight loss camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gay's diet during her first summer home from boarding school consist of?

2. What kind of surgery does Gay have during her sophomore year of high school?

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

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

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

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