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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. How old was Gay when she started boarding school?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 13 years old

2. Which of these author does Gay say she liked as a child?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Lewis Carroll.
(c) Judy Blume.
(d) J.M. Barrie.

3. What job did Gay hold in Phoenix where she worked the graveyard shift?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Phone sex operator.
(c) Meat packer.
(d) Baker.

4. What did Gay's father do for a living?
(a) He was a musician.
(b) He was a civil engineer.
(c) He was a carpenter.
(d) He was a doctor.

5. What person in Gay's family initially reached out to her after she disappeared without telling them where she was going?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gay buy for herself on her twenty-first birthday?

2. What religion was Gay's family?

3. Where was Gay born?

4. Who went with Gay to learn more about gastric bypass surgery?

5. Who transferred to the same university Gay went to for her PhD?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Gay’s parents react to her weight gain when she came home for Thanksgiving her first year in boarding school?

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

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

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

7. What are some of the reasons Gay gives explaining why Hunger was a difficult book for her to write?

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

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

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

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