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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. Which of the following best describes Gay as a high school student?
(a) Loud and bullying.
(b) Stable and secure.
(c) Outgoing and confident.
(d) Shy and withdrawn.

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

3. Who comes to stay with Gay during her follow-up surgery in high school?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her mother and her father.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her younger brother.

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

5. What specific type of trauma did Gay experience?
(a) Rape.
(b) Motor vehicle accident.
(c) Incest.
(d) Armed robbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one university Gay applied to where she did not gain acceptance?

2. Which of the following is NOT a Haitian food that Gay mentions she likes?

3. How old was Gay when she began her PhD program?

4. Gay says her lost years began with a specific thing. What was it?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What relationship did Gay have with the boy who raped her?

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

4. What does Gay mean when she says her body is a cage?

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

6. 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?

7. Why did Gay like the idea of going to boarding school when she was 13?

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

9. How does Gay describe her relationship with her family as a young child?

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

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