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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following eating disorders does Gay watch a Nightline program about?
(a) Wasting syndrome.
(b) Compulsive overeating.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Bulimia.

4. What did Gay have to do in front of an audience that humiliated her?
(a) Get up off the floor after falling.
(b) Haul herself onto a stage that had no stairs leading to it.
(c) Eat a piece of cake.
(d) Shake hands with a dictator.

5. Gay often finds herself doing what in relationships?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Walking out.
(c) Apologizing.
(d) Suggesting therapy.

6. Which celebrity does Gay criticize for her financial stake in Weight Watchers and public approach to weight loss?
(a) Kathy Bates.
(b) Jennifer Lawrence.
(c) Oprah Winfrey.
(d) Ava DuVernay.

7. How long did Gay stay on the recumbent bike when she was trying to outlast the thin woman next to her?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 35 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

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

9. What is one specific diet Gay mentions that her father gifts her to try?
(a) Weight Watchers.
(b) Jenny Craig.
(c) Richard Simmons's Deal-a-Meal.
(d) The Atkins Diet.

10. What is one thing Gay demands from an organization paying for her travel for work purposes?
(a) A luxury hotel room.
(b) A bowl of green M and Ms.
(c) A driver to meet her at the airport.
(d) A first-class plane ticket.

11. What baby animal does Gay include in her Twiiter bio?
(a) Snake.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Badger.
(d) Elephant.

12. What are doctors surprised to learn about Gay?
(a) That she is not on many medications.
(b) That she is not as overweight as she looks.
(c) That she has an eating disorder.
(d) That she was assaulted when she was young.

13. Why does Gay have two wardrobes?
(a) She has a replica wardrobe in smaller sizes in case she loses weight and her old clothes do not fit her.
(b) She is a compulsive shopper.
(c) She has a replica wardrobe in case she gains weight and her old clothes do not fit her.
(d) She feels most comfortable wearing plain dark clothes but owns many more interesting clothes she is afraid to wear.

14. How old is Gay at the time she writes Hunger?
(a) In her forties.
(b) In her twenties.
(c) In her thirties.
(d) In her fifties.

15. What does Gay say her fat body allows people to erase?
(a) Her gender.
(b) Her personality.
(c) Her sense of humor.
(d) Her memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Gay object to that is commonly used to refer to the national spike in obesity?

2. What does Gay often do when a nurse asks her to step on a scale?

3. What does Gay say always happens when she starts losing weight on a diet or exercise program?

4. Why does Gay like to get tattoos?

5. What job did Gay's male partner during her PhD years do?

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