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

2. What are doctors surprised to learn about Gay?
(a) That she is not on many medications.
(b) That she has an eating disorder.
(c) That she was assaulted when she was young.
(d) That she is not as overweight as she looks.

3. Gay grew very frustrated while trying to make which dish?
(a) Poached pears.
(b) Beef stew.
(c) Roast chicken.
(d) Ravioli.

4. How does it make Gay feel when her friends do social media posts about their athletic activities?
(a) Proud.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gay often do when a nurse asks her to step on a scale?

2. Why does Gay like to get tattoos?

3. What did Gay have to do in front of an audience that humiliated her?

4. Gay often finds herself doing what in relationships?

5. What job did Gay's male partner during her PhD years do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Gay say to the young, overweight woman in the dressing room whose mother was mistreating her and why was it important?

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

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

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

6. What is Gay’s impression of Oprah and Oprah’s influence on the cultural conversation about weight loss?

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

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

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

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

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