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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the relationship between Gay and the boy responsible for her trauma?
(a) They were friends from school.
(b) They were strangers.
(c) They worked at the same shop.
(d) They were relatives.

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

4. Where was the boarding school Gay attended located?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) California.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Iowa.

5. Who went with Gay to learn more about gastric bypass surgery?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gay enroll for her PhD program in creative writing?

2. Where did Gay enroll in her Creative Writing MA program?

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

4. What is the one sport that Gay says she was decent at?

5. Which article of clothing did Gay most prefer as a young child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before she turned to food, what activity did Gay find comfort in as a child?

2. How does Gay feel about the use of BMI (body mass index) measurements?

3. What was Gay's mother’s approach to teaching her children how to cook?

4. What is Gay referring to when she says her life was split in two, “the before and the after" (14)?

5. What do you think Roxane Gay means by the phrase “The story of my body is not a story of triumph” (4)?

6. What advice about writing did Gay’s teacher, Mr. McGuinn, give to Gay?

7. Where did Gay's rape take place, and how does she reference the location throughout the rest of the book in how she refers to herself?

8. What was Gay's relationship to food like before her rape?

9. What prompts Gay to drop out of Yale and move across the country?

10. What habit did Gay pick up at the weight-loss camp she attended in high school?

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