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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 long did Gay stay on the recumbent bike when she was trying to outlast the thin woman next to her?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 35 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 60 minutes.

2. Gay often finds herself doing what in relationships?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Suggesting therapy.
(c) Apologizing.
(d) Walking out.

3. What did Gay have to do in front of an audience that humiliated her?
(a) Get up off the floor after falling.
(b) Eat a piece of cake.
(c) Haul herself onto a stage that had no stairs leading to it.
(d) Shake hands with a dictator.

4. What does Gay say her fat body allows people to erase?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her memory.
(d) Her personality.

5. What did Gay tell the crying young girl in the dressing room?
(a) She told her to buy all black clothes.
(b) She told her to ignore her mother.
(c) Gay told her she was beautiful.
(d) She told her to love herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of cooking does Gay most enjoy?

2. What did Gay do to try to please a controlling partner?

3. Which reality TV weight loss show does Khloe Kardashian host?

4. Gay repeatedly says that her body is treated like what?

5. What reality TV show dealing with weight loss does Gay discuss at length?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gay eventually call her parents and go back home?

2. Why does Gay say she still watches reality television weight-loss shows even though she hates them?

3. As Gay is finishing her MA program in creative writing, what are most of the fictional stories she writes about?

4. How does Gay’s family reestablish contact with her after she moves to the west coast?

5. How does Gay feel when she looks at her friends’ social media posts about doing outdoorsy or athletic things?

6. What are some of Gay’s challenges with air travel?

7. What significance did letting her best friend paint her thumbnail have for Gay?

8. What problem does Gay have when she starts to lose weight and begins feeling better about herself?

9. What medical reason does Gay say is responsible for contestants on shows like The Biggest Loser gaining most of their weight back?

10. What does Gay mean by what she calls Lane Bryant fat?

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