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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gay's English teacher encourage her to do?
(a) Seek help from a counselor.
(b) Talk to her parents.
(c) Lose weight.
(d) Join a band.

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

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

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

5. What kind of surgery does Gay have during her sophomore year of high school?
(a) Breast reduction surgery.
(b) Gallbladder removal.
(c) Appendectomy.
(d) LASIK surgery.

6. Where did Gay enroll for her PhD program in creative writing?
(a) Northwestern University.
(b) Michigan Technological University.
(c) University of Connecticut.
(d) Yale University.

7. Which of the following was one way that Gay hid her new habit from other people?
(a) Using breath mints.
(b) Using a thermos.
(c) Wearing a wig.
(d) Painting her nails.

8. What religion was Gay's family?
(a) Gay's family was Presbyterian.
(b) Gay's family was Jewish.
(c) Gay's family was Hindu.
(d) Gay's family was Catholic.

9. What type of professional did Gay interview for her Reporter-at-Large project in high school?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A musician.
(d) A carpenter.

10. What is the one sport that Gay says she was decent at?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Softball.

11. What specific community is Gay drawn to online?
(a) White supremacist.
(b) Body art.
(c) Transgender.
(d) BDSM.

12. How old was Gay when she experienced her life-defining trauma?
(a) 6 years old.
(b) 17 years old.
(c) 8 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

13. What is the one university Gay applied to where she did not gain acceptance?
(a) New York University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

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

15. What would Gay's mother add to the water when she was washing meat or vegetables?
(a) Clorox.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Soap.
(d) Food dye.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Gay eventually receive her B.A. degree from?

3. How old was Gay when she started boarding school?

4. What term does Gay prefer to use to refer to herself in the aftermath of the trauma she experienced?

5. What were Gay's favorite books as a child?

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