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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. Where did Gay enroll in her Creative Writing MA program?
(a) Brown University.
(b) University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
(c) Michigan State University.
(d) Yale University.

2. Which book series did Gay become obsessed with after her trauma?
(a) Sweet Valley High.
(b) Harry Potter.
(c) Encyclopedia Brown.
(d) Nancy Drew.

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

4. Where did Gay end up enrolling in college immediately following high school?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of surgery does Gay have during her sophomore year of high school?

2. What city did Gay travel to in order to meet the man in his forties?

3. Where did Gay initially want to attend college?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. How did the boys who raped Gay treat her afterwards?

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

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

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

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

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

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