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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 is Gay's favorite cooking show?
(a) Today With Bobby Flay.
(b) Thirty Minute Meals.
(c) Cooking With Giada.
(d) The Barefoot Contessa.

2. What does Gay often do when a nurse asks her to step on a scale?
(a) Cry.
(b) Yell at the nurse.
(c) Tell the nurse she knows her weight already.
(d) Walk out of the room.

3. What is one specific diet Gay mentions that her father gifts her to try?
(a) Weight Watchers.
(b) The Atkins Diet.
(c) Jenny Craig.
(d) Richard Simmons's Deal-a-Meal.

4. What does Gay think was dangerous about the outcome of The Biggest Loser for the winner she focuses on?
(a) She underwent risky surgery to lose weight.
(b) She used dangerous drugs to lose weight.
(c) She lost too much weight.
(d) She did not lose enough weight.

5. What is one thing Gay demands from an organization paying for her travel for work purposes?
(a) A bowl of green M and Ms.
(b) A luxury hotel room.
(c) A driver to meet her at the airport.
(d) A first-class plane ticket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Gay feel most comfortable at the gym?

3. Which of the following best describes the physical appearance of Gay's family members?

4. Which Haitian dish has Gay mastered?

5. How old is Gay at the time she writes Hunger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of eating disorder did Gay struggle with in addition to her compulsive overeating?

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

4. What kind of a job does Gay have while she is living in Phoenix?

5. In the period of Gay’s life when she drops out of Yale, why does she feel free?

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

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

8. Why does Gay do extensive research on restaurants before she goes out to eat?

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

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

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