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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gay buy for herself on her twenty-first birthday?
(a) A new pet.
(b) Heroin.
(c) A car.
(d) A six-pack of Corona.

2. What type of professional did Gay interview for her Reporter-at-Large project in high school?
(a) A musician.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An engineer.

3. Where did Gay enroll for her PhD program in creative writing?
(a) Michigan Technological University.
(b) University of Connecticut.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) Yale University.

4. Where did Gay's trauma take place?
(a) In an alley.
(b) In a cabin in the woods.
(c) In her car.
(d) In a department store.

5. What was Gay's first job after finishing her MA in Creative Writing?
(a) She was a photographer.
(b) She was an advertising executive.
(c) She was a writer at the college of engineering.
(d) She was a waitress.

6. What specific type of trauma did Gay experience?
(a) Motor vehicle accident.
(b) Incest.
(c) Armed robbery.
(d) Rape.

7. At her heaviest, which medical category did Gay fit into?
(a) Super obese.
(b) Overweight.
(c) Obese.
(d) Super morbidly obese.

8. What is the one university Gay applied to where she did not gain acceptance?
(a) Yale University.
(b) New York University.
(c) University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Brown University.

9. What career did Gay initially consider at the beginning of her first year of college?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Music.
(d) Advertising.

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

11. What religion was Gay's family?
(a) Gay's family was Presbyterian.
(b) Gay's family was Catholic.
(c) Gay's family was Hindu.
(d) Gay's family was Jewish.

12. Where did Gay eventually receive her B.A. degree from?
(a) University of Scranton.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Vermont College.
(d) New York University.

13. Where was the boarding school Gay attended located?
(a) California.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Iowa.
(d) New Hampshire.

14. What book does Gay's counselor give her that she found helpful?
(a) Our Bodies, Ourselves.
(b) The Courage to Heal.
(c) Dealing with Trauma.
(d) The Feminine Mystique.

15. What specific community is Gay drawn to online?
(a) Body art.
(b) White supremacist.
(c) Transgender.
(d) BDSM.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a Haitian food that Gay mentions she likes?

2. What name does Gay give to her imaginary boyfriend?

3. Which of the following was one way that Gay hid her new habit from other people?

4. What was the relationship between Gay and the boy responsible for her trauma?

5. Where did Gay initially want to attend college?

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