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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 was the name of the boarding school Gay attended?
(a) Holy Cross.
(b) Phillips Exeter Academy.
(c) Blair.
(d) Taft.
2. What did Gay's mother wear when she cooked?
(a) Latex gloves.
(b) A chef's hat.
(c) A surgical mask.
(d) A checkered apron.
3. What would Gay's mother add to the water when she was washing meat or vegetables?
(a) Soap.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Food dye.
(d) Clorox.
4. 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.
5. What name does Gay give to her imaginary boyfriend?
(a) Jason.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Mr. Z.
(d) Mr. X.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much did author Roxane Gay weigh at her heaviest?
2. What career did Gay initially consider at the beginning of her first year of college?
3. What kind of surgery does Gay have during her sophomore year of high school?
4. Who went with Gay to learn more about gastric bypass surgery?
5. What was the first production Gay ever worked on in high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Gay’s parents react to her weight gain when she came home for Thanksgiving her first year in boarding school?
2. What does Gay mean when she says her body is a cage?
3. What are some of the reasons Gay gives explaining why Hunger was a difficult book for her to write?
4. What habit did Gay pick up at the weight-loss camp she attended in high school?
5. How does Gay feel about the use of BMI (body mass index) measurements?
6. How does Gay describe Haitian attitudes toward gluttony?
7. 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?
8. What are some of the reasons Gay gives for not telling anyone about her rape?
9. How did the boys who raped Gay treat her afterwards?
10. Why did the author gain weight so rapidly once she went to boarding school?
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