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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 sport did one of Gay's brothers play professionally?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Basketball.

2. Who was one of Gay's influential English teachers?
(a) Ms. Cristina O'Connor.
(b) Mr. Rex McGuinn.
(c) Mr. Matthew Smith.
(d) Ms. Victoria Ford.

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

4. What term does Gay prefer to use to refer to herself in the aftermath of the trauma she experienced?
(a) Victim.
(b) Survivor.
(c) Traveler.
(d) Warrior.

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(a) Shy and withdrawn.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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to stay with Gay after her first surgery in high school?

2. What kind of job did Gay do at the Prairie Schooner?

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

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

5. What person in Gay's family initially reached out to her after she disappeared without telling them where she was going?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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