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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of summer camp did Gay attend the summer following her sophomore year of high school?
2. How much did author Roxane Gay weigh at her heaviest?
3. Which of these author does Gay say she liked as a child?
4. Which of the following best describes Gay as a high school student?
5. What religion was Gay's family?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gay describe her relationship with her family as a young child?
2. Why did the author gain weight so rapidly once she went to boarding school?
3. What advice about writing did Gay’s teacher, Mr. McGuinn, give to Gay?
4. What prompts Gay to drop out of Yale and move across the country?
5. What was the most important thing that Mr. McGuinn did for Gay?
6. What habit did Gay pick up at the weight-loss camp she attended in high school?
7. What are some of the reasons Gay gives for not telling anyone about her rape?
8. What relationship did Gay have with the boy who raped her?
9. Before she turned to food, what activity did Gay find comfort in as a child?
10. What was Gay's relationship to food like before her rape?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hunger, a memoir, is told entirely from its author’s (first-person) viewpoint. Write an essay analyzing the effect this viewpoint has on the reader in reinforcing the author’s arguments and critiques.
Essay Topic 2
Gay writes, “I do not require the affirmation of strangers" and says she views these types of comments as "the expression of the fear of unruly bodies” (165). Write an essay detailing Gay’s feelings about the “encouragement” strangers sometimes offer about her body.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the significance of the word “hunger” - including its multiple meanings - to the author Roxane Gay. Use specific examples from the text.
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