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

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

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

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

5. What book does Gay's counselor give her that she found helpful?
(a) The Courage to Heal.
(b) Our Bodies, Ourselves.
(c) The Feminine Mystique.
(d) Dealing with Trauma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What job did Gay hold in Phoenix where she worked the graveyard shift?

3. Which book series did Gay become obsessed with after her trauma?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did the author gain weight so rapidly once she went to boarding school?

4. What activity did Gay enjoy in high school that helped her forget her pain?

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

7. What was the most important thing that Mr. McGuinn did for Gay?

8. Why does Gay say that gaining so much weight made her feel safer?

9. What was Gay’s impression of the information session about gastric bypass surgery?

10. What are some of the reasons Gay gives for not telling anyone about her rape?

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