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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which well-known writer asked Gay why she gets tattoos?
(a) George Saunders.
(b) Jesmyn Ward.
(c) Column McCann.
(d) Zadie Smith.

2. How does Gay describe her personal life throughout her twenties?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) The hottest mess.
(c) Calm.
(d) Euphoric.

3. What is one of the ways that Gay deals with the difficulties of air travel?
(a) She wears a corset.
(b) She buys two economy seats for herself.
(c) She takes medication to help her sleep on the plane.
(d) She puts herself on a diet before a long plane trip.

4. What does Gay often do after a session with her personal trainer?
(a) Go home and sleep for the rest of the day.
(b) Eat a lot of healthy food.
(c) Eat a lot of junk food.
(d) Take selfies and post comments on SnapChat.

5. Which part of Gay's body is stronger as a result of her difficulty with standard-size seating?
(a) Her thighs.
(b) Her arms.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her core.

6. Which of the following best describes the physical appearance of Gay's family members?
(a) Some are overweight and some are thin.
(b) Thin, attractive, and stylish.
(c) Short.
(d) Overweight.

7. What happens to Gay's eating habits when she visits her family?
(a) She only eats fast food.
(b) She feels much hungrier.
(c) She binges and purges.
(d) She feels nauseous.

8. Gay says loneliness is a matter of what?
(a) Accretion.
(b) Choice.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Luck.

9. What did Gay do to try to please a controlling partner?
(a) Get her makeup professionally done.
(b) Eat only protein.
(c) Buy a new wardrobe.
(d) Cut off all her hair.

10. What simple but significant gesture does Gay's best friend make as the two drink wine in a hotel room?
(a) She does Gay's hair.
(b) She paints her fingernail pink.
(c) She puts lipstick on Gay.
(d) She sings Gay a song.

11. What problem does Gay suffer from as a result of her eating disorder?
(a) Osteoporosis.
(b) Colitis.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Heartburn.

12. What does Gay tell her writing students that fiction is mostly about?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Storyline.
(d) Desire.

13. What specific brand of clothing does Gay say fat, but not seriously obese, women often wear?
(a) Dress Barn.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) Lane Bryant.
(d) Catherines.

14. Which holiday does Gay routinely spend with her extended family in Florida?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Year's Eve.

15. How does it make Gay feel when her friends do social media posts about their athletic activities?
(a) Happy.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Proud.
(d) Jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gay say her fat body allows people to erase?

2. What food service did Gay join in 2014?

3. What kind of cooking does Gay most enjoy?

4. What form of contact does Gay recoil from?

5. Which of the following eating disorders does Gay watch a Nightline program about?

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